A 30-year-old Venezuelan national was on Saturday nabbed at the Takutu International Bridge, Lethem, with 21 sachets of suspected cocaine in his mouth.
A police press release said that 30 year-old Eleo Geveiro was arrested on Saturday at about 22:30 hours by Joint Services ranks who were on duty at the bridge. Geveiro, a handyman of Tabatinga Central Rupununi, was stopped by the ranks who conducted a search on his person. Geveiro’s mouth was observed to be stuffed. He was asked to open his mouth, and when he did, he spat out 21 small black plastic parcels. When opened, each of the small parcels contained a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.
Geveiro was told of the offence committed, cautioned and arrested. He was escorted to the Lethem Police Station where the suspected cocaine was weighed in his presence and amounted to 11.4 grams. Geveiro is in police custody and is expected to be charged.
