Thirteen cards containing a total of 300 grammes of cocaine were yesterday discovered at the Guyana Post Office Corporation during two routine checks by officials from CANU, Customs and the post office.
This newspaper was reliably told that around 9 am eight US-bound sympathy cards containing some 200 grammes of cocaine were discovered while another five containing a total of 100 grammes were found in the afternoon.
Stabroek News understands that the eight cards were dropped into the mail box at the Post Office sometime between 11 am and 4 pm on Monday and the two discoveries together constitute the largest find in any one day.
It is unclear where the other five were destined but the cocaine they contained was valued at $80,000 or U$5,000 once they had reached their destination.
Efforts were made to locate the senders of the mail but no one has yet been apprehended.
The newspaper was told that the addresses were false as when officers inquired about persons by the name listed, they were not living there.
The drugs were wrapped in plastic.
The value of this latest find is estimated to be $160,000 and about US$5,000 if it had reached its destination.
Two weeks ago CANU and Customs officials intercepted a total of six postcards continuing cocaine which together weighed about 60 grammes. The media was told that it had a local value of $48,000 and if it had reached its destination, Holland, the value would have been seven times higher.
The cocaine destined for Holland was wrapped in plastic and flattened and placed inside the cards. In the first case the parcels were almost the size of the cards while in the others they were very small. No one was arrested in connection with those cocaine-in-mail discoveries.
The right thing to do in this case is send the card to the destination and notify the other Country of the contents in order to get to the source , I am well aware of how this is done in the us for the past 18 years I have seen great results on my job the system works .
Indeed if they were interested in getting to the bottom of this they would have done exactly what you suggested Terry. I think that would be the common sense thing to do.
Maybe this “discovery” was just meant to show our tremendous success in the narco-fight.
You think that would have been the logical thing to do right? Inform the US postal services and then take action. Duh!!!
Small man again all a plan catch a little here a little there while the big packages reach there destination.
But Terry what if I am to get a card dropped in my letter box here in Brooklyn by the mailman and it had stuff which I never requested nor know about!!
Will I be expected to call the Police or the Postal officers and be hassled, or throw it away and be hassled, or drop it back in the Post Office box as ‘refused’ and be hassled??? Or what ???
It may be different if the packet was registered and the sender is known.
This is a dangerous situation for innocents overseas and need to be tackled swiftly.
we have a very simple way for that delivery which I cannot disclose ,and i am not a mail man .
check the weight of the post cards that will help, then set the sting.
I agree with Terry, the post cards should have been emptied and resealed then sent to its location, unfortunately Guyana police force does not have the experience required.
My god what else left on this planet for people to do just to get quick riches for transporting drugs. It’s better the legalized the drug and this high demand commodity well just phase out on its own.
this drug won’t phase out like that. it’s highly addictive, and destroys many a home. if it’s freely available, more persons would be exposed to it, hense more drug addicts to deal with.
……. ah tink dem call um a camrah ! dah ting wah duz tek out yuh pitcha …….
it high tech ! it can tell yuh who put wah whey ! an soan an soan ,,,,,,,
The US Postal Inspection Service (The oldest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the US) has its Operating Procedure for dealing with these packages and I know for a fact that their arrest and conviction rate is superb.
They are the agency in the US that investigate and prosecute any offense that the mail is used in its commission.
This is a black eye for the management of the Guyana Postal Service (which seems to be patently absent or clueless and powerless. Last I knew not postal experienced people but some preacher wannabe policeman was running the system).
The correct thing in this case would have been for the Guyana Postal Authorities to have contacted the USPS IS (for the packages addressed to the US) and a ’sting’ would’ve been arranged which more than likely would have resulted in catching someone. From this report it would seem that not all were US addressed. I do not have any idea how the Dutch Postal people in Holland handle such things.
WHY WOULD SAMANTA SAY THAT GUYANA POLICE DONT HAVE EXPERIENCE?
The lenghts to which people will go to commit crime is amazing.
sending post card overseas can have tremendus effect on that country or stati would know (i.t.f)