THE Guyana Police Force Criminal Investigation Department has confirmed that samples of the Gold Finger Sweets consumed by residents of Region 1 and which resulted in their hospitalisation have been tested positive for cocaine.[starlist][/starlist]The sweets were brought to the city for testing yesterday morning by ranks from the Mabaruma village of White Water, where three female students were on Sunday night rushed to the regional hospital after they fell ill soon after consuming the sweets.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday morning, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud informed that no one has been arrested and he assured that the police were already following the trail to ascertain the journey the sweets made before ending up at the Amerindian village shop.
Asked about the role of the manufacturer in the probe, the Crime Chief said that the police have not yet officially contacted the company.
The Guyana Chronicle tried desperately for two days to get a comment from the manufacturer, Edward B Beharry and Company Limited, but only reached a marketing assistant who refused to comment.

When contacted the Analyst Food and Drugs Department of the Ministry of Health confirmed that they are aware of the issue and were more interested in getting the packets from which the smaller sweets were taken.
On Sunday, three female students of the Amerindian community of White Water in Mabaruma, Region 1, were hospitalised after they purchased the sweets from a shop in the community and began complaining of numbness in the tongue and weakness in the legs, coupled with dizziness.
Two of the girls, aged 12 and 14, were forced to spend the night at the Regional Hospital and were sent away the following morning.