DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud Monday said that police hold the view that the cocaine which was in the candy sold recently to the children in Region 1 was intended for an overseas market.Crime Chief Persaud stated that investigators are of the strong view that the cocaine which was intended for an overseas market accidently ended up in that community while en route to its destination.
He confirmed that two persons who were questioned by the police in relation to this matter have been placed on bail, even as investigators continue their search for the persons behind the concealment of the illegal drug in the locally manufactured sweets.
The last time this publication spoke to the crime chief in relation to the matter he had indicated that they are following the trail to see at what point the sweets could haven been laced with cocaine.
The police are already aware of how the sweets ended up in the shop of the small Amerindian community of White Water in Mabaruma.
The shopkeeper purchased the candy from a distributor in the area who reported that he had bought them from another distributor in the city. The Guyana Chronicle has no information on whether any of these three persons are among those who were required to lodge station bail as the investigations continue.
This newspaper was reliably informed that the other sweets from the batch number which they represent were also sent to other distributors in Region 10, Georgetown and Berbice for distribution to smaller shops.
Since the exposure more than a week ago about the cocaine-laced sweets, there have been no reports from any part of the country about a similar incident.
Meanwhile, Edward B Beharry and Company Limited produce sweets in the same type of wrapper that had the cocaine-laced candy. And the registered company has confirmed that the wrapper is indeed theirs. However, the company has been very reluctant so far to speak on the matter and has not issued any public statement in this regard.

(By Leroy Smith )