Brazilian police in Boa Vista have seized an additional 15 kilos of marijuana said to be from Guyana and arrested three persons.
According to a report in the Folha de Boa Vista, anti-narcotics police raided the West Capital area in Boa Vista on Tuesday and arrested the three suspects and seized about 15 kilos of marijuana, a motorcycle, a cell phone, money, a precision scale and a firearm.
Alex Teodoro Pereira and Robson Soares Miranda, both 29 years; and Lazarus Pereira de Melo, 48 were arrested. The first two were in a house in Union neighbourhood guarding the drug. Pereira de Melo was arrested in the Santa Teresa neighborhood.
A police spokesman said that trafficking has increased in recent years in the city, mainly the sale of marijuana. The recently seized drug, according to investigators, came from Guyana. The trio are currently imprisoned and investigations are continuing.
Last week, on February 16, four persons, including two Guyanese were arrested with over 50 pounds of ganja in Boa Vista. Those held by the Brazilian Narcotics Enforcement police are Guyanese Eric Eldon Bobb, 34, and Clive Lloyd King, 38, and Brazilians José Rodrigues Montague, 58, and Marlene Magdalene Romao, 39.
King had been sought by the Guyana police in 2013 in relation to an arms bust in Lethem.
Subsequently, CANU Head James Singh told Stabroek News that local drug agents are in contact with their counterparts in Brazil following the arrest of the Guyanese nationals and the discovery of the drugs.
