A Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agent last Friday testified that he was given specific instructions on who his targets were during the initial stages of an investigation.
The CANU rank (who is not being named for security reasons) made the disclosure when testifying at the trial of Stephen Vieira, 33, Sherwayne De Abreu, 35, Tazim Gafoor, 45, and his son, Nazim Gafoor, 20, over the trafficking of $550 million in cocaine stashed in lumber at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
Vieira, 33, of Middle and Cummings streets, Georgetown; De Abreu, 35, of Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara; and Tazim Gafoor, 45, and his son, Nazim Gafoor, 20, of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara are accused of having in their possession 84.9 kilogrammes of cocaine between March 1st and May 12th, 2017 at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.