For the first quarter of this year, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized 49.2 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2,077 kilogrammes of cannabis, among other drugs, and a total of 39 persons were charged as a result, according to the agency’s head James Singh.
The amount of cocaine seized is equivalent to over 108 pounds while the amount of marijuana seized is equivalent to 4,579 pounds.
Singh said out of the cases made, 25 were linked to marijuana discoveries, 13 to cocaine finds and one for ecstasy.