Representatives from a wide cross-section of agencies involved in the drug fight are in a two-day closed conference at the Grand Coastal Inn, Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast, and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says it is expected that the conference will map the way forward in Guyana’s drug fight.
Facilitators of the two-day confab come from both local and international agencies and the latter include the Regional Coordinator of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Carib-bean Financial Action Task Force, the United States Southern Command, Interpol and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Programme.
In addressing the participants, who are drawn from the Guyana Police Force, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Guyana Defence