Police on Friday dumped a total of 55.2kg of cocaine, with street value of .7 million, into the Atlantic Ocean.
Of the amount, 40kg of the illegal substance was found in several buckets at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) while the other six kilograms was liquefied cocaine found in rum bottles, also at the CJIA.
On March 19, 2015, a city exporter was nabbed at the country’s main port of entry, attempting to ship almost 90 pounds of cocaine in buckets of cassareep, green seasoning and Chinese sauce.
It was reported that the suspect, who is on remand, went with all the necessary documents to the cargo bank of the CJIA to ship 50
A quantity of the cocaine which was dumped on Friday
buckets containing cassareep mixed with green seasoning and Chinese sauce.
However, members of the Police Narcotics Branch acting on information conducted a searched on the buckets and uncovered a whitish substance which turned out to be cocaine. The illegal substance was weighed and amounted to 40.405 kilograms.
In the other matter, six kilograms of liquefied cocaine was detected in several bottles of rum at the Airport on May 29, 2014.
It was reported that a Guyanese-born US resident – who was an outgoing passenger at the airport on a Dynamic Airlines flight destined for the JFK Airport in New York – approached the departure gate, but was intercepted by ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch and a routine search on his carry-on bag was conducted. It was then that the ranks found three bottles of El Dorado-brand rum.
The contents of the bottles, which appeared unusually thick, aroused their suspicion and a test of the substance later confirmed the presence of cocaine. Two men were subsequently sentenced to four years in jail for the matter.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday last, member of the Police Narcotics Branch burnt 294.2 kilograms of marijuana that was confiscated over a two-year period – 2015 and 2016.
A quantity of marijuana was seized following raids conducted by the Police and another quantity from the conclusion of several court cases. The huge quantity of marijuana, which has an estimated street value of $147 million, was destroyed at the incinerator at Princes Street, Georgetown.
