A US citizen, about to wing out of Guyana yesterday morning was held at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with a quantity of cocaine strapped to his crotch, well placed sources at the airport told Stabroek News last evening.
Reports reaching this newspaper state that the man was an outgoing passenger on a BWIA flight 462 around ten o’clock yesterday morning when he was spotted acting suspiciously and approached by members of the Police Narcotics Branch. A search was conducted on his person during which, the cocaine was found strapped to his crotch. He was arrested by airport security before being handed over the ranks of the Criminal Investigation Department.