Approximately 1 kilogramme of cocaine has gone missing while being transported from Bartica to Police Headquarters, Eve Leary by an officer and ranks from the Narcotics Branch and Tactical Services Unit last Friday.
According to a press release, 137 packets of cocaine were uplifted by ranks from Police Headquarters to take to the Bartica Magistrates Court for a trial but the case was called and postponed and the discovery was made when the cocaine was taken back to the Police Headquarters and one packet was missing.
This was in relation to the trial of five men who have been charged following the interdiction of a quantity of cocaine in a boat at Batavia Island, Cuyuni River in June of last year.
The police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is conducting investigations into this matter.
