Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officials yesterday discovered approximately two kilos of cocaine in a package addressed to a Brooklyn, New York address.

Stabroek News understands that the package, which was one of two randomly pulled in by anti-drug officials, was discovered early last evening at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri. The package was bound for a Caribbean Airlines flight headed to the John. F. Kennedy airport.

An East Coast Demerara address, sources told this newspaper, was listed under the sender’s name on the package. The cocaine was discovered concealed in several packs of massala, Chinese spice and black pepper.

Up to late last evening the exact amount of the illegal substance was still unknown and anti-drug officials were yet to check the East Coast address. Investigations are ongoing.

This is the second package that has been intercepted by CANU at the airport in just over two weeks. On June 25, a package containing over two kilos of cocaine and destined for Toronto, Canada was intercepted. The name of a woman was listed as the sender but a visit to the Kitty address which was inscribed on the package revealed no-one by that name living there.