On Sunday 19th May 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers acting on information received, conducted an operation at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown area, where they intercepted three individuals: one Guyanese and two Venezuelans.
A subsequent search revealed one black haversack containing three black brick-like parcels containing a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.
Gavin Adams, 54, along with Venezuelan nationals Jose Gregorio Gomez, 35 and Kevin De Jesus Figueira, 22, were all arrested and escorted to CANU’s Headquarters with the suspected narcotic, which tested positive for cocaine and weighed 3.348 kilograms.
Investigations are ongoing.
