Comments on: Cocaine discovered in sympathy cards

By: Berkeley Van Bowen

Berkeley Van Bowen — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:28:53 +0000

sending post card overseas can have tremendus effect on that country or stati would know (i.t.f)

By: onepeople

onepeople — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:34:38 +0000

Small man again all a plan catch a little here a little there while the big packages reach there destination.

By: 1P1N1D

1P1N1D — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:52:56 +0000

The lenghts to which people will go to commit crime is amazing.

By: Arcadia Terry

Arcadia Terry — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:48:30 +0000

we have a very simple way for that delivery which I cannot disclose ,and i am not a mail man .

By: bess

bess — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:30:02 +0000

WHY WOULD SAMANTA SAY THAT GUYANA POLICE DONT HAVE EXPERIENCE?

By: ankoko

ankoko — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:47:32 +0000

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.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:40:45 +0000

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.

By: bgsbny

bgsbny — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:38:06 +0000

……. 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 ,,,,,,,

By: malaika06

malaika06 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:10:19 +0000

You think that would have been the logical thing to do right? Inform the US postal services and then take action. Duh!!!

By: MS_msprobe

MS_msprobe — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:06:40 +0000

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.

By: samantha

samantha — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:04:32 +0000

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.

By: bluegrass

bluegrass — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:45:34 +0000

check the weight of the post cards that will help, then set the sting.

By: LoveGT4Real

LoveGT4Real — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:41:40 +0000

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.

By: L A Camacho

L A Camacho — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:41:28 +0000

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.

By: Arcadia Terry

Arcadia Terry — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:31:14 +0000

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 .