…drug business
The proverbial dust still hasn’t been settled over the bust involving 4.4 TONNES of cocaine up at Matthews Ridge. The shipment had been dropped off at an illegally constructed airstrip, and stored in bunkers or dugouts in the surrounding jungles. We’re told it has a “street value” of some US$200 million – and, of course, while that depends on which “streets” we’re talking about, that’s a helluva lot of money!!
So, what are some of the ‘dust’ that’s gotta be settled??
Not where the cocaine came from. Everyone – and not just their friendly neighbourhood dealer – knows that most cocaine is produced in Colombia – with Peru and Bolivia filling the slack. Part of the dust is: “Just how’d it get here – apart from the obvious plane that landed at the strip?” They had to’ve passed through Venezuela! As far back as when Rum Jhaat was heading the rump Ministry of PUBLIC SECURITY, hadn’t they bought FIVE very expensive long-range drones from some US company?? We were told by then President Granger – a retired GDF general – that these drones woulda been used for border and other types of surveillance!! Well, here we are – our border has most definitively been penetrated – so where were the drones??
What makes this even more troubling is that we’ve been facing the treat of an invasion from Mad Maduro and his military, which keeps him in office!! Each drone had a five-hour flight capability with high quality cameras that “could pick up targets from long distances, and we would be able to pick up targets using infrared technology, so we can use it in the nights as well”.
Another dust that’s floating in the air is: “What were the police and GDF doing while the airstrip was being constructed and planes were landing and off-loading??”
There’s talk of one high-ranking police officer being involved, but we gotta have more than talk, since we’re talking about the security of our entire country, and not just a drug bust – large as that might be!!
This January, Government allocated some $42 billion to the GDF, of which $16 billion was for additional drones and helicopters to protect our borders. If the performance (or lack thereof) of the last 5 drones purchased and deployed are anything to go by, then we need some serious standard operating procedures issued to make sure we’re getting bang for our buck!! As it is, we haven’t even gotten a fizzle, much less a bang!
Another dust that should be settled is: “Who were the masterminds behind the operation?” Of serious concern to your Eyewitness are the syndicatos or criminal gangs that have been deployed by Mad Maduro as part of his ongoing efforts to destabilize our Essequibo!!
…Mad Maduro
Now, as your Eyewitness has been saying till he’s blue in the face, if anybody knows about rigging elections, it’s us Guyanese. It doesn’t matter whether we’re PNC or PPP – the only difference is the former justifies the rigging and the latter condemns it!! So, when the Venezuelan Opposition swore that Mad Maduro rigged the July 28 elections and broke all its international commitments – they showed their SOPs’ equivalent, and like the PNC, Mad Maduro refuses to follow suit; we know that a skunk’s in the woodpile!
Well, apart from Brazil, the US and EU calling for the declaration of Mad Maduro’s victory to be supported by evidence, Argentina has just called on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to request an arrest warrant for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Argentina has cited the latter’s crackdown on opposition members and human rights’ violations.
In retaliation, Mad Maduro has ordered the Argentine Embassy – run by Brazil – surrounded, and has arrested several Opposition members!
The noose is being tightened!!
