CANU will continue to do its work with professionalism – Unit

In light of a lawsuit brought against the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) by a United States-based woman who alleged that she was asked to strip naked and squat by drug enforcement officers, the unit is contending that it will continue to conduct searches of passengers, luggage, vehicles etc. at all ports of entry and exits in Guyana.
In a release to the media, CANU stated that those searches will be done in accordance with local and international standards with due cordiality and professionalism.
“In keeping with CANU’s mandate to stem the trafficking of narcotics the Unit has been successful in thwarting a number of passengers from using their bodies, luggage, cargo and other objects to traffic narcotics (cocaine in particular) through Guyana’s Ports”, the drug enforcement unit stated on Wednesday.
Further CANU stated that it will continue to aid in maintaining the perceived credible Image of the ma-jority of Guyanese Travellers and will continue to abide by the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act Chapter 10:10 of the Laws of Guyana.
Recently it was reported in the local press that Ayana Adams, who is Guyanese by birth and a US citi-zen, was in the process of returning to New York on a Caribbean Airlines flight, after vacationing in her homeland when she was forced to strip and squat.
As such, she has reportedly filed a $40 million lawsuit against CANU through her attorney Siand Dhur-jon who had given a detailed account of what took place. As a result of the incident, Adams missed her flight which ultimately meant that she would have missed school and more importantly, she was una-ble to report for duty following her vacation here in Guyana.
According to Dhurjon, CANU has breach his client’s human rights.