Guyana faces a stark threat from narcotics and the United States continues to have concerns about the difficulties in obtaining convictions in local courts and is looking at adding to its significant contribution to the anti-drug fight here.
“I think Guyana faces a very serious narcotics threat. There are a number of South American narcotics organisations that wish to use Guyanese territory to further their shipments of largely cocaine to a variety of countries including the United States,” Chargé d’Affaires at the US embassy here, Bryan Hunt told Stabroek News in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview on Thursday.
Emphasising that Guy-ana is making progress and has shown a willingness to work with the international community on the narcotics problem and there are some very dedicated individuals in the security forces who are making a significant effort to try to put some of the drug organisations out of business, Hunt added that his government also wants to