– to boost investigations, prosecutions
Twenty-four local investigators are taking part in a US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)-run course here intended to strengthen the investigation and prosecution in narcotics cases.
The participants in the Drug Investigators’ Course are drawn from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt yesterday said he hoped that it will lead to further training in other counternarcotics specialties, such as digital forensics, case development and court and legal skills.
The course is a collaborative effort between the Guyana Police Force and the DEA and will see the participants exposed to classroom and real-life exercises. Detective Constable Jirbahan Dianand, who