No contact has been made with self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram with respect to testifying before a Board of Inquiry (BoI) set up to investigate his claims that the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is involved in the drug trade and corruption, sources say.
Sources close to the man told this newspaper yesterday that Dataram wants to speak only about instances involving CANU, but is afraid that he may be asked things outside of that. As such he is a little skeptical of appearing before the BoI if called.
According to the sources, it is advisable that he refrains from testifying as the general belief now is that “no good will come out of it.”
It was also pointed out to this newspaper that it is indeed strange that Dataram, who is one of the prime subjects of the matter,