CANU finds 13kg of ganja, over 1kg of cocaine at Georgetown wharf

Officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday conducted an operation at Transport Wharf, Water Street, Kingston, Georgetown, which resulted in the seizure of cocaine and cannabis and the arrest of a suspect. According to CANU, the operation was carried out after officers acted on information received. During the exercise, ranks intercepted a man carrying two cardboard boxes at the wharf.

A search of the boxes revealed 13 parcels containing cannabis and one parcel containing rock cocaine. The suspect, a 46-year-old of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was taken into custody and escorted to CANU Headquarters along with the narcotics. CANU stated that the cannabis weighed 12.104 kilograms (kg), while the cocaine amounted to 1.272 kg.
Investigations into the matter are ongoing.