AN overseas-based Guyanese leaving Guyana after enjoying the Christmas season here was busted Saturday night at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with over one kilogramme of cocaine. The 45-year-old construction worker, who was returning to New York, was arrested by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers after the illegal substance was discovered in false walls of his suitcase.
The drug-enforcement agency made its first bust for the year on January 4, when a 24-year-old Guyanese woman, said to be a frequent traveller, was arrested with 4.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle.
The drug was stashed in a suitcase belonging to the woman, who was preparing to board a flight to Antigua and Barbuda.