Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Monday intercepted a motorcar in the vicinity of Hill Street in Lodge, between Durban and Norton Streets, Georgetown, and found therein some five pounds of marijuana. The driver of that car, a 31-year-old man of Fellowship, Mahaicony, ECD, has consequently been arrested.
Reports are that CANU officers intercepted motorcar PZZ 2006, and a subsequent search of the vehicle revealed two brick-like parcels suspected to be cannabis. The driver was arrested and escorted to CANU Headquarters along with the suspected narcotic, which tested positive for cannabis weighing approximately 5lbs (2.144 kg) and having a street value of $643,200.
Investigations are ongoing.
Only a few days ago, CANU ranks intercepted a man in Albert Street Georgetown, between Regent and Charlotte Streets, with a quantity of cocaine. The suspect, 44-year-old Eduardo Alexander Moore of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, had previously been convicted of trafficking marijuana.
CANU said its officers were conducting an operation in the vicinity of Albert Street, Georgetown when they intercepted a male carrying a backpack. A search of the backpack led to the discovery of two brick-like parcels suspected to be cocaine. The suspect was arrested and the narcotic, when weighed approximated 5.3lbs (2.382kg) , which has a street value of $2.3 million.
According to CANU, Moore is no stranger to the anti-narcotics agency, having been arrested and charged in 2019 for trafficking 117 pounds of marijuana, and later being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment therefor. (G9)
