(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into the seizure of more than TT$2 million worth in cocaine. According to police reports, last Thursday, detectives of the Organised Crime Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB) received information that a Nigerian national was exporting cocaine through the postal service.
A sting operation was set up and the Nigerian was arrested with car parts, picture frames, African art pieces and weed-whacker parts. Concealed in the items was cocaine. The drugs weighed 339 grams for the earlier posted package and 3.923kg for the packages seized at the home of the suspect. The street value of the cocaine, police say, is more than TT$2.5 million.
The man will appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate this morning. Police reports say after extensive enquiries and house searches it was discovered that a cocaine-smuggling group had been sending mail packages to places as far as Indonesia, Japan and other Asian countries where the price of cocaine is very high.
The Nigerian was also charged for another outstanding offence where the OCNFB had earlier this year discovered cocaine in a posted package which he was responsible for posting.
