AN 18-year-old female from Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday ‘busted’ with approximately 800 grams of cocaine strapped to her body.

The Chronicle learnt that the teenager, who was an outgoing passenger on a LIAT Flight to Barbados, was found to be acting very strangely while transiting the Ogle Airport and security officers there alerted ranks of the Police Narcotics Division who are usually stationed at the port of entry.

It was reported that when officers searched the woman, she was found to have the substance strapped to her body with the use of a waistband.

The items were removed; the woman was told of the offence and was later taken into police custody. Up to late last evening, the police were trying to connect the dots with respect to who the players are in the shipment of the drugs and on whose behalf the woman might have been acting.

In recent days, there have been several drug busts — both locally and abroad – in which Guyanese have featured prominently.
Last week, a shipment of frozen shrimp was found to be used for concealing cocaine, the value of which amounts to millions of US dollars; when converted to local currency, it has a street value that touches the billion-dollar mark.
Shortly after a barber from Berbice was ‘busted’ at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with cocaine in his possession and he too was arrested. That bust was made by ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the matter is under investigation.