CANU intercepts $27M in cocaine at cargo company in Timehri
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Sunday, during a routine operation at a cargo company at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, EBD, intercepted a motor car, PWW 5561, with the driver as the lone occupant.
A search was conducted on the vehicle, which led to the discovery of 23 brick-like parcels of suspected cocaine and a 9mm pistol along with a magazine containing 14 rounds of matching ammunition.
The cocaine that was intercepted
As such, Christopher Michael Douglas, 37, of Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), and of King Edward Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, was arrested and escorted to CANU Headquarters.
Whilst there, the narcotic tested positive for cocaine and upon weighing, it amounted to 26.016kg (almost 57.35 lbs.), with a street value of approximately GY$27 million.
CANU continues to work assiduously with other stakeholders to ensure that narcotics are not transhipped via passenger or cargo through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Eugene F Correia International Airport.
Late last month, CANU destroyed a total of 1009 kg of local and foreign marijuana with a street value of a whopping US$2.5 million, which is equivalent to GY$500,000,000.
Christopher Douglas
The destruction exercise took place at the former Ministry of Housing tarmac, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. The ganja was from cases that were disposed of by the Magistrates’ Courts. The quantity of narcotics burnt is just a fraction of the drugs seized for the year 2023.
The firearm and ammunition found during the operation
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, through the period January to June 2023, seized approximately 677.40 kg of narcotics, consisting of 662.40 kg of cannabis, 14.80 kg of cocaine, 10 grams of hashish, and 90 grams of ecstasy.
The Unit also made seizures of 4 firearms and a total of 1087 ammunition seizures, encompassing a diverse range of types. For the said period, the Unit handled a total of 30 cases and secured 27 convictions.
