Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) head James Singh has said a man taken into custody has admitted to providing the 35 pounds of cocaine that Emily Leitch was busted with at the John F Kennedy International Airport.
Singh yesterday told Stabroek News that the man was arrested based on intelligence received, a day after Leitch was busted in New York, where she travelled from Guyana. Singh, who said he could not reveal much about the case as the investigation was ongoing, said that the man was arrested at a Campbellville address, which belongs to his mother, and he admitted to providing the drugs to the woman.
“He was arrested based on intelligence and yes he confessed to providing the drugs but I can’t say anymore because the matter is still being