Two years after a wanted bulletin was issued for a boat captain accused of smuggling drugs into Guyana, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) finally has him in custody.
Arrested: Farook Baksh
Farook Baksh, called “Dive and Shoot”, of Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was arrested around 14:30h on Friday in his home village by ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and was promptly handed over to CANU.
In 2018, CANU had issued a wanted bulletin for Baksh after it was alleged that he attempted to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into the country on a vessel. It is alleged that in 2018, ranks intercepted a massive cocaine and marijuana shipment at Mon Repos Channel, ECD.
Eighty-two parcels of cocaine weighing 91.132 kilograms, equivalent to 201 lbs, and 98 parcels of cannabis weighing 56.008 kilograms, equivalent to 123 lbs, were found in the Mon Repos area.
The drug that was seized in 2018
During the operation by lawmen, Baksh managed to escape. However, ranks were able to arrest his accomplice, 51-year-old Azim Baksh, called “Bato”, a furniture maker, of Good Hope, ECD.
“Bato” was later sentenced to five years in prison, with a fine of $221 million after he found guilty of trafficking cocaine and marijuana.
