Eight 9mm pistols and 11.2 pounds of cannabis sativa were found by law enforcement officials in a barrel posted into the country, the police said today in a release.
The discovery was made during a routine customs check done at Laparkan’s Timehri Bond at about 13:15 hrs yesterday.
A 36-year-old Customs Officer was on duty at the Laparkan Bond, located at Timehri Road, when she examined a blue plastic barrel sent to a female of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, the police said in the release. The sender is a male from the Bronx, New York. The barrel was shipped by BL Abrigo Shipping LAZA, located in Brooklyn, New York, with a local address at Third Street, La Penitence, Georgetown.
On examination, the release said that it was discovered that the barrel contained a quantity of clothing, five pairs of footwear, thirteen bottles of Moët champagne, two bottles of Hennessy, one body scrub, two bottles of peanut butter, five bottles of body oil, five tubs of body butter, five queen side floral bed sheets, one XBox with one control, three packets of small zip lock bags, one green lunch bowl, 31 small transparent containers, 25 small containers, eight 9mm pistols with magazines (with serial numbers filed out), and five bulky transparent plastic parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis which, when weighed, amounted to 11.2 pounds.
A 32-year-old female Manager at BL Abrigo Shipping LAZA, who resides at Success, ECD, went to the bond to ‘clear’ the barrel on behalf of the company, was interviewed by investigators and was taken into custody.
Police took custody of the barrel, along with the narcotics. Investigation in progress.