The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is waiting on the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to provide the recently retrieved scanned images of the container which carried the 11.5 tonnes of cocaine that was discovered in Belgium in November.
The images had been deleted from the GRA’s system and this is being probed. In the meantime, CANU Head James Singh said the investigation into the matter is continuing.
It is suspected that the images were either deleted by GRA employees who were on duty at the port on the day when the shipment departed Guyana.
The scanned images were retrieved after the GRA sought expert help, alongside the manufacturer of the scanner. This move was made after local efforts had proven futile.
To date, a number of persons including employees of the GRA, have been questioned in relation to the discovery and have since been released.
Both CANU and the police have since issued a wanted bulletin for the shipper of the container, Marlon Primo. It is believed that Primo has crucial information that can aid in the probe.
A number of searches were conducted in a bid to apprehend Primo but he is yet to be located.
In November, law enforcement officials in Belgium announced that they were probing the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in the container of scrap metal shipped from Guyana.
The shipment, which has been described as “the largest overseas drug bust ever, worldwide,” was seized upon its arrival at the Port of Antwerp. It carries an estimated street value of 900 million Euros.
