A man has been arrested after Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers found 1,520 kg of suspected cocaine in his luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri on Tuesday night.
According to a CANU press release, based on suspicion, about 10:36 pm on Tuesday night, CANU officers pulled a small, black bag belonging to the suspect Adyemi Dumisani Hinds at the screening point scanner.
Officers upon searching the luggage found a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine resulting in Hinds being apprehended.
The substance which was found at the bottom of the man’s luggage was removed by officers at the CANU Headquarters in front of Hinds where a presumptive test was carried out and returned a positive result for cocaine.
The suspect is scheduled to appear at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court today.
