Berbice man busted with $17.5M worth of cocaine stashed in fried rice

A New York-bound passenger was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with a large quantity of cocaine that was hidden in a bowl of fried rice.
Arrested is 28-year-old Esmond Jermaine Anderson of Number Five Village, West Coast Berbice, who was intercepted by the ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), who searched his luggage and unearthed the narcotic stashed away in his suitcase.
He was a passenger on an outgoing Jet Blue Airways Flight on Friday that was heading for the John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York City.
The cocaine found weighed 2.996 kg (6.6 pounds) and carries a street value of some $17.2 million.