MINISTER of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, on Friday received the report compiled after an inquiry was made into the allegations of self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram regarding officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU).

Mr. Dataram had, earlier this year, told reporters at HGPTV Channel 67’s Nightly News that he was involved in the drug trade, and accused top CANU officers of being in cahoots with drug lords.

President David Granger appointed Brigadier Bruce Lovell to conduct the probe shortly after the allegations were made by Dataram.

A Ministry of the Presidency release reports Brigadier Lovell as saying Dataram’s allegations made against officials of the State are of a very serious nature; Government was obliged to investigate them, and he has completed those investigations in the period of two months.

“I am positive that the Government will find favour with the recommendations as well as the conclusions, and take the appropriate actions,” Lovell said.

The release noted Minister Harmon as saying that quite a number of statements were taken from persons who had information regarding the allegations.

“It is important for us to have these inquiries done. The Opposition and several other persons keep saying we are having inquiry after inquiry, but this is the way that we will determine what the facts of a situation are. That is what we do: we get to the bottom of things, we get the facts and then we deliberate on (them); and the actions taken subsequently are actions which are to be taken by the State,” the minister said.

The report will be presented to the President, and a copy would be given to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan.