Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday refused to comment on the future of James Singh as head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), following the recent completion of the inquiry into the unit’s role in the interception and subsequent release of a cocaine laden vessel.
At a post-Cabinet press conference yesterday, Harmon would not confirm or deny if the report from the inquiry recommended that Singh be removed from office. “Again, don’t let me speculate about likeliness or likelihood of things… I cannot confirm that…this deny and confirm business, I would not confirm it,” he told reporters at the Ministry of the Presidency.
On February 16th, four Guyanese men were intercepted by members of the US and Trinidad and Tobago coastguards in a boat in international waters, about 70 nautical miles north of Suriname, with over four tonnes of cocaine, estimated at a street value of over