MANAGEMENT of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Inc (CJIA) is seeking the owner of a quantity of gold jewellery that was found at the airport on December 12, 2014.A notice published in Saturday’s edition of the Kaieteur News stated that claimants have until April 30, 2016 to make a claim, and shall have to satisfy the officer as to their identity and ownership of the items.

The notice gave no further details as to how the jewellery was found or how much it is, but claimants are being asked to contact the Airport Duty Officer on 261-2281 or 600-7022 to make a claim.

As of recent, the authorities have clamped down on gold smuggling in Guyana, which has resulted in jewellery being seized at the CJIA.

Earlier this year, a businessman filed a $10 million lawsuit against the State because agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) allegedly seized his jewellery at the CJIA, causing him to miss a New York-bound flight.
Through his lawyers, Richard Ramjit of Bissoon Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara is contending that CANU agents attached to the Guyana Police Force falsely imprisoned him and confiscated his gold and silver neckwear and a gold and silver wristband as he was about to leave Guyana for New York on a Dynamic Airways flight.