The proposal for a hangar for money smuggler pilot and accused drug trafficker Khamraj Lall at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was never brought to the attention of the CJIA board but was taken directly to Cabinet by the then Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn.
In a matter of days of the proposal being seen by Benn, Cabinet granted its no-objection to the project, a forensic audit of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has found. The proposal was prepared by the CJIAC on behalf of Lall’s company, Exec Jet Club LLC, the audit revealed.
The issue of the hangar came under the spotlight in 2014 following the arrest of Lall in Puerto Rico. US authorities charged him with cash smuggling of over half a million US dollars and on Tuesday, he was sentenced to a year in prison. His private jet and the