A foreign pilot and his co-pilot have been detained in Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) after they landed at an airstrip in the area.
Reports are that the men – a Colombian and a Venezuelan – landed about 18:00h in a twin-engine Piper Seneca plane, a source said. Following their detention at the Mahdia Police Station, several personal items, along with a Global Positioning System (GPS), were seized by Police.
On June 14, about 20:15h an aircraft was seen circling the Bissaruni trail (12 miles east of Kwakwani), Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and subsequently landed, but when it was found, it was completely burnt.
Examinations identified no illicit drugs or burnt bodies on board.
Meanwhile, another aircraft was seen flying over Southern Guyana also on June 14. Attempts were made by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to intercept it, but the aircraft managed to land in Kaaimangrasie, Suriname.
Surinamese officials were alerted and managed to arrive on site and subsequently seized more than 400 kilos of cocaine.
In May, Guyanese authorities intercepted an aircraft carrying 450 kilos of cocaine near the Indigenous village of Orealla. The two occupants of the aircraft claimed to be on their way to Suriname to deliver a shipment of magnesium. However, the cargo turned out to be cocaine. Both men have since been charged in Guyana for narco-trafficking.
