JAMES Singh was on Monday reinstated to his former post as head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Agency (CANU). Singh was removed by the previous administration in 2017.
The Guyana Chronicle also understands that the National Anti-Narcotics Agency, headed by retired Major General, Michael Atherly which was merged with CANU, will be unmerged.
Singh, who first took office in October 2008 at CANU, will now take over from Leslie Ramlall.

Last year, Ramlall had noted that over the last eight years, the amount of cocaine flowing through the Caribbean region has more than quadrupled, increasing from 35 metric tonnes in 2010 to 184 metric tonnes in 2018.

He said the demand for narcotics continues to increase, along with unprecedented seizures and increased intelligence-sharing with local and international partners.
Ramlall had noted that the agency has destroyed several laboratories within the last three years, which indicates that the use of synthetic drugs is a new and rapidly expanding phenomenon in the region.

He said greater inter-agency collaboration will ensure that the young generation is not lost, and much work continues to be done by law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to educate the nation on the dangers of narcotics.