The opposition PNCR/APNU yesterday said that the massive drug bust on Saturday at Matthews Ridge by a joint services team raises disturbing concerns and has far-reaching implications for the country’s national security.
In a statement yesterday, the opposition grouping said that the operation exposes several breaches and failings which, if not vigorously confronted and addressed, would see Guyana remaining a major transshipment point for drugs and a locus for other aspects of transnational organized crimes, such as gun smuggling and trafficking in persons.
Those concerns and implications, it said, include the undetected construction and maintenance of illegal airstrips on Guyana’s territory.