Essequibo man busted with cocaine during CANU operation

Twenty-eight-year-old Cordel Hubert Grimes of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was on Thursday arrested following the discovery of a quantity of cocaine in his vehicle.

Based on reports received, officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were conducting an exercise in the region when Grimes was intercepted along Aurora Public Road.

At the time, Grimes was driving a white motor vehicle bearing registration number PAB 4219. Upon interception, a search was carried out in the vehicle during which five parcels of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine were found.
Grimes was escorted to CANU Headquarters where the substance tested positive for cocaine and weighed 121 grams. He was told of the offence and arrested.
He remains in custody pending charges.