DEA office for Guyana by January

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United States (US) Ambassador Perry Holloway on Monday announced that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Office in Guyana will have a permanent fixture with the appointment of a functioning head by January 15 of next year.

The DEA, which is supporting the work already being done by domestic law enforcement entities in the area of countering the trafficking of narcotics will have a new head by January of next year.

Holloway made the disclosure when he met with journalists on Monday.

“There has already been someone selected to be the head of the office, I can’t share the name at this time, but I hope to see him on January 15 and his team around the same time,” said Holloway.

After months of anticipation late last year, the US DEA was able to finally set up an office in Guyana to work along with local agencies in tackling the scourge of drug trafficking.

The local office is receiving support from the DEA office in Trinidad and Tobago, which is the regional office responsible for the southern part of the Caribbean.

Holloway said that although he has been in Guyana for just a few days, he is aware the US has been working with the previous Administration on anticorruption efforts.

In a previous interview, Charge D Affairs Bryan Hunt had said that there was a regular stream of DEA agents coming to Guyana through the Embassy to provide technical support.

He had said too that since its establishment, there has been a significant increase in the number of narcotic interceptions.

There were a number of calls for the establishment of a local DEA office in Guyana to assist with drug trafficking since Guyana is considered a transshipment point.

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