Two persons have been arrested following the discovery of over 10 pounds of cocaine in packets of powdered milk in a passenger’s luggage at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, at Ogle, East Coast Demerara on Monday.
The Guyana Police Force, in a statement, said a search was conducted on the luggage of a 34-year-old outbound passenger on Caribbean Airlines flight BW 217 destined for Barbados.
The search was prompted after the woman, who resides at New Street, Cumberland, Canje, Berbice, was seen acting in a suspicious manner. During the search a law enforcement rank found several packets of Fernleaf milk among clothing and other stuff.
As a result of the discovery made, the rank opened and tested the contents of two of the Fernleaf packets, using a narcotic testing kit, during which there was an indication of a narcotic, suspected to be cocaine.
As a result, the woman was told of the offence committed, arrested and cautioned. The police added that initially she remained silent but subsequently claimed that someone had given her the items to drop to Barbados.
As a result of the information regarding a second suspect, the person of interest was contacted, told of the offence, arrested and cautioned. He admitted to giving the woman the items but denied knowing about the suspected narcotics (cocaine).
They were both escorted to the Criminal Investigation Department’s Narcotics Branch and placed in custody.
The suspected cocaine was weighed and it amounted to 4.873kg (10.7 pounds).
