Suspected cocaine found in saltfish destined for Miami

By Staff Editor On In Guyana News |
The pencil-shaped packages intended to mimic bones.
The pencil-shaped packages intended to mimic bones.

Six persons are now in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) unearthed cocaine in salted fish intended for export to Miami, USA.

The discovery was made this morning at a Cargo Shed at CJIA Timehri.

CANU in a press release today said that  it had unearthed 280 pieces of plastic-wrapped, pencil- shaped parcels of suspected cocaine hidden in the bones of salted fish intended for export. The total weight was 3.3 kgs.

The salted fish with one of the wrapped packages.