CANU find more than $13M in cocaine during Campbellville operation
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have found 2.374 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than $13 million, during an operation on Monday at Austin Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.
According to information received, the agents of CANU, acting on information received, carried out a narcotics operation between Austin Street and Durey Lane in Campbellville, during which they observed a man fitting the description of a person of interest. As such, the officers identified themselves and attempted to question him, but he attempted to escape. He was, however, apprehended, but not before crashing his bicycle into a parked vehicle.
The cocaine that was found during the operation
During a search carried out on his person and belongings, a brick-like object suspected to be cocaine was found in a bag he was carrying. He was therefore arrested and taken to his residence, where a search was conducted in his presence and another brick-like object was found in his bedroom.
The suspected cocaine mule and the two other brick-like objects were taken to CANU Headquarters, where the suspected cocaine was tested and proved to be cocaine. It was them weighed and amounted to 2.374 kg (5.22lbs)
Based on intelligence gathered, it is suspected that the cocaine was supposed to be transshipped to the United States, where it has a street value of about US$66,000, the equivalent of G$13.86M.
Last Saturday, Ryan Da Silva of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo was arrested after a large quantity of cocaine was found in his vehicle during an operation conducted by CANU at Tuschen.
It was reported that agents of the drug enforcement unit, acting on information, conducted an operation in the Tuschen-Parika, EBE area, during which a motor vehicle in which the suspect Ryan Da Silva was in was stopped and searched, and 15 brick-like parcels suspected to be cocaine were discovered.
At the time, Da Silva was the sole occupant of the vehicle. He was told of the offence, arrested, and escorted to CANU Headquarters along with the narcotics for processing.
At CANU Headquarters, the parcels were tested and proven to be cocaine, which carried a total weight of 17.4kg (38.3lbs) and a street value of more than US$552,000.00 (approximately Gy$113,160M).
