Ivan Anthony Scipio, a 52-year-old painter from D’Urban Street, Georgetown, was charged on Thursday with exporting gold without a licence in contravention of Section 8 of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01.
In a statement yesterday, the police said that on 3rd July 2024, Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (Narcotics Branch), along with officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority, seized several pieces of gold jewellery and raw gold from Scipio, who is a US citizen, while he was attempting to leave Guyana on a flight for New York, USA.
This was after Scipio failed to make a customs declaration to Customs Officials, as well as produce the necessary licences to legally export gold.