The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday cited an “alarming trend” in the shipment of marcotics and other illicit substances in personal consignments and warned of the consequences.
In a statement, it said that on October 18th, GRA Customs Officers seized a quantity of weapons and items suspected to be narcotics found in a barrel imported on an incoming cargo flight from the USA. The items were seized by GRA, and the shipping agent, who was present at the time of the inspection, was taken into custody and handed over to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit and the Guyana Police Force for further investigations.
The GRA said that the vigilant Customs officials during the course of their inspections of the consolidated consignment at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, discovered the items in a barrel at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri.