Over $4M worth of ganja shipped in barrel from Miami to Guyana

Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have intercepted a barrel that contained a quantity of foreign ganja was shipped from Miami in the United States to Guyana. Based on information received, drug trafficking convict, Lemme Campbell, was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport earlier this week while attempting to clear the barrel.

Some 3.4 lbs of weed, which carries an estimated street value of over $4 million, were found among cereals that were in the barrel. The 60-year-old suspect is currently in CANU’s custody and is expected to be charged soon. Campbell was previous convicted and jailed along with his wife and two other persons on drug trafficking charges in Barbados. He was later deported after being released.
News agencies in Barbados had reported that Campbell along with others were held in November 2005 after they smuggled 91.3 kilogrammes of cannabis and 119.4 kilogrammes of cocaine in hollowed out logs of wood into Barbados. After the trial in 2009, Campbell was sentenced to 20 years in jail for trafficking in cannabis and 25 for trafficking in cocaine.
Campbell and others appealed their conviction which was heard in 2014. The court of Appeal in Barbados, dismissed the men’s appeal in 2019 but varied their sentences to time served.