GPF to intensify drug fight
Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud
Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud

WITHIN recent times the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Narcotics Branch have been consistently making several drug busts almost on a daily basis and their efforts will be intensified locally, so said Acting Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud.

In an interview with this newspaper, he said that one of the concerns is that because it happened in a cluster he believes that there is a huge effort to get cocaine out and into Guyana.

Noting that Guyana has been deemed a ‘trans-shipment’ point, the Top Cop added that he is of the opinion that the seizures will have some impact on those who are behind these shipments so they may find other places to do their work.

Although there is an almost a permanent presence by ranks of the GPF Narcotics Branch drugs sometimes pass out of our ports of entry and exits, but Persaud said he is certain they will flush out the elements behind the illegal drug trade.

He credits these recent drug busts on inter-agency collaboration at our airports especially at Ogle International Airport and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

The Top Cop told this publication that the Canine Branch is a part of their interdictions at the airports.
Persaud stated that these drug busts are also intelligence-led because a lot of work and time are invested into investigations and also collaboration with other agencies which have proved to be very useful in many interdictions at airports.

He said that their efforts will be intensified and they are “doing pretty well” as it is, and both Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and Police Narcotics Branch at the airports work collectively and are also supported by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) which helps a lot in many drug busts.

The most recent drug bust happened on July 8, 2014 when Police Narcotics Branch ranks based at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) arrested a Guyanese woman and her Canadian son.

Police reported that at about 14:35hrs, ranks conducted searches on the baggage of a Guyanese woman and her Canadian son who were passengers on an outgoing flight at the CJIA.

A total of 10 kilogrammes 503 grammes of cocaine were found concealed in the false walls of their suitcases.

(By Michel Outridge)

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