–160 kilograms of marijuana found at Georgetown wharf
Officers of the Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit (CANU) are currently seeking to locate a woman who tried to ship 700 grams of cocaine out of Guyana via the Guyana Post Office Robb Street location last Saturday, February 26th.
The cocaine was reportedly stashed in a make-up kit for cosmetics, and the package was bound for the United States of America.
Guyana Times International has been reliably informed that the woman goes by the last name “Wilkins” and lives in Tucville, Georgetown.
A senior official with in CANU explained that the woman was attempting to post the unlabelled box through the post office last Saturday.
He disclosed that after “Wilkins” gave the article to the postal clerk, that employee handed the box to Customs and Excise Department officers to be checked.
When CANU ranks requested that the woman be present when they do their routine search of packages, she walked out of the post office.
According to the official, CANU ranks cannot check packages without the sender being present.
When the postal clerk called the woman, she responded, “I am coming back, my sister is calling me”, the source revealed.
The “Wilkins” woman reportedly left in a waiting vehicle which was parked in front of the post office.
CANU ranks, suspecting that something was amiss, proceeded to open the package, unearthing the illegal substance.
“We got the address from a utility bill that she had left with the postal clerk, which she provided as her proof of address,” the CANU official said.
CANU officers, acting upon the information received, went to the address and enquired about “Wilkins”, but were told that the woman was not at home.
Further investigations revealed that the woman did not return to the premises that Saturday evening.
“Before someone (can) post any package, it has to be weighed and checked by CANU; and for this to done efficiently, the sender has to go around the counter. The direction which the sender had to take is actually sending (the sender) through the main gate. This long system poses an opportunity for perpetrators to make good their escape, as was evident this morning,” the source said.
The official told this publication that the box is presently lodged at the CANU Head Office, and if the perpetrator is apprehended, she would be placed before the courts as soon as possible.
Last Friday, the Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit (CANU) intercepted at a Georgetown wharf 160 kilograms of marijuana coming from Jamaica.
According to reports the marijuana was hidden in a container among household items and a vehicle.
According to information received, the container was addressed to a remigrant who had resided in the United States of America before returning to Guyana.
This discovery caused several persons to be questioned, but no arrest was made. According to CANU Head James Singh, investigations are still continuing, and to date no one has been arrested.
