FOLLOWING a drug bust in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, Gavin Adams, aged fifty-four, has been sentenced to three years in prison. He was one of the three men arrested during the operation.
When he appeared Friday before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool, at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts, Adams changed his not guilty plea to guilty. He accepted that, on May 19, 2024, he had 3.348 kilogrammes (7.38 pounds) of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
He was jailed for three years.

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) detained three men during an operation in the Cummings Lodge area. During that operation, they intercepted three individuals—Guyanese national, Gavin Adams and Venezuelan nationals Jose Gregorio Gomez, 35, and Kevin De Jesus Figueira, 22.

A search of the men revealed a black haversack containing three brick-like parcels filled with a whitish substance. Tests confirmed the substance was indeed cocaine, weighing a total of 3.348 kilogrammes.
The following day, on Monday, May 20, 2024, CANU officers extended their operation to the Grant Woodland area of the Lower Pomeroon River.

There, they searched the residence of Gavin Adams, which led to the discovery of five brick-like parcels containing a whitish powdery substance.
Oritz Sergio Rafael, a 35-year-old Venezuelan national, was arrested at the scene. The substance was tested and confirmed to be cocaine, weighing approximately 5.600 kilogrammes.
All suspects were escorted to CANU headquarters, along with the confiscated narcotics. The total seizure from both operations amounted to nearly nine kilogrammes of cocaine.