HIGH drama unfolded yesterday on the West Coast Demerara just after noon when ranks from the Police Narcotics Branch came under fire from a businessman they were approaching to effect an arrest following an earlier cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.The businessman was identified as one Mohamed who usually exports frozen seafood, mainly to the United States.
Information reaching this publication stated that the man asked one of his employees, a labourer whose name was given as Komal Ramgobin, to oversee a shipment of frozen fish that was to be loaded on a Caribbean Airlines flight at the CJIA. However, he was observed acting in a suspicious manner by Police Narcotics Branch ranks.
The labourer was questioned and when his shipment was examined, a total of 48 parcels of cocaine in eight different boxes were found beneath the frozen fish.
The substance was tested and weighed and confirmed to be cocaine weighing approximately 154 lbs.
Police sources told this publication the businessman, who is said to be a licensed firearm holder, was not known to them previously.
After the police showed up at the man’s place to question him about the cocaine, he ran into his house and discharged rounds at them. After the police followed their Standard Operating Procedures and called for backup, they staked out the area and when the backup arrived the businessman surrendered to the police.