The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has been able to trace the shipper of furniture which was seized on Monday in Miami with cocaine in it and the net is being drawn tighter on those behind two shipments of pepper sauce cartons filled with the drug.
Sources say that following the publication in yesterday’s newspapers of a photograph of the furniture seized, CANU was able to identify who the shipper was. Further checks have to be made to determine if the cocaine was packed in the furniture here or elsewhere.
The M/V Rio Para on which the furniture was seized by US Customs and Border Protection Officers usually travels from Guyana to Suriname to Trinidad to St Martin and then to Miami. The shipment left in the 1st week of December and had been inspected at a wharf by a customs officer of the Guyana Revenue Authority. The US Drug Enforcement Agency has been in touch with local officials on the furniture bust.
Sources say both the pepper and the furniture cocaine probes have pointed out weaknesses in the area of Customs documentation. A broker had handled the furniture transaction for the East Bank shipper with a non-existent company name being given and a TIN (Taxpayer Identification Number) belonging to an individual being used. This discrepancy should have been picked up by Customs. In the case of the pepper shipments there were also deficiencies on the documentation.
CANU and the police are now seeking three men in connection with the pepper shipment: Reginald Rodrigues, Indarpaul Doodnauth and Orlando Watson. The sources say progress has been made since the publication of the photographs of the men and charges could be preferred shortly.
It is believed that Rodrigues has fled to Suriname and local law enforcers have been in touch with the authorities in Paramaribo and have notified them that he is being sought.
One shipment of the pepper cocaine was seized last week in Canada and the other days later in the USVI.
Is this the strategy of the Guyana authorities and only hope for the nation – to wait and hope that neighbouring countries capture the narco traffickers who flee there?
Why is it that a country responsible for two major cocaine busts in North America has been unable to arrest and successfully prosecute a single high profile narcotic trafficker?
if america cant find binladan how the hell you expect guyana to find some drug lord that in another country.stop blaming the goverment guyana dont have the money like your belovid country america and canada.if america having such a hard time with roger what you expect from guyana
Ok no one to find the shipper is ok to stay there is no need to run you are protected.
ALL THOSE WHO ARE FOUND GUILTY OF TRAFFICKING ILLEGAL DRUGS SHOULD BE GIVEN FIFTY OR MORE YEARS IN PRISON . CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE FACILITATING THE ILLEGAL DRUGS TRADE IN THIS REGION . ” THE WORLD HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE NEEDY BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE GREEDY ” .
ALL ROADS LEAD TO SURINAM
I have mentioned before that high level elements in the Surinam Government are involved in large-scale narcotics trafficking and I am not at all surprised to note that fugitive Reginald Rodrigues appears to have fled to that country for safety. The Guyana/Surinam border is so porus as to be non-existent. SURINAM ACTUALLY SAYS IT CHANGES WITH THE TIDE!!!
As to those foolish bloggers who want cocaine legalised, I suggest they watch two films:
Pulp Fiction (Hollywood)
Trainspotting (UK)
At the time when we here in the UK are being begged to keep paracetamols out of the reach of children, such talk of legalisation of HARD DRUGS is nothing if not comical.
Furthermore, the drugs exporting out of Guyana will turn to haunt the Guyanese people because shipments will slowly trickle into local distribution and cripple the essential life-blood of that country in ways FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAT SIMPLE CIGARETTE NICOTINE ADDICTION.
Happy New Year to one and All but please Keep It Real…
satish
i dont agree with legalised drugs but do you know alcol and cigret kill more people than drug. but they are legal only because these big country make them and make big money from them. guyanese people dont have no choice what can they do in guyana to make money all they crop is under water the eu telling them that they have to sell them their goods for what price the eu think is right. you should go guyana and c what these people are facing then talk
The points you make are valid ones big fish.
There are no easy answers and certainly two wrongs do not make a right.
Furthermore I see you live in the UK (like me) and you may be aware that tobacco products are on the way to be outlawed here in the UK.
In a year or so, it will be illegal to display cigarettes for sale in the UK. Shops will still be able to sell them but they will not be able to display them. You can see where the UK Government is heading with this.
On the subject of alcohol, prohibition is unlikely as even in Muslim countries there is alcohol consumption being done ‘on the quiet’. Furthermore, the vast majority of people (including the Christian Church) like a little wine!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
And I thought one of the purposes of the TIN was to detect bogus transactions…unless it was Nelson’s blind eye at work…
u – i and lots of people know nelson blind eye is always at wok in some offices in guyana -here and there too….
Indeed, M Hackett. Happy New Year to all.
With so many big cocain bust in Canada and the U.S
and our country, Guyana name is in the news at home
and abroad, one would of hope that by now our country
President, Jagdeo would of said something by now, it
has been over a week since.
Why would he say anything? As the saying goes “silence means consent”. They are collecting their rewards so why rock the boat!
What did he say when RK and his body guards were captured in Suriname?
He said Rk should not be extradited, according to news.
Here is my calcuation: 3 (per month) X 12 (month)X 16 ( years) = ————————————–(fill in the blank space with your answer).
Who, the Police & CANU think they are fooling – saying that they are now going behind the persons involved since their pictures are published/printed.
I guess they are not going to go behind their own reps who supposed to have checked the containers before they depart port GT because they are not published/printed in the newspapers.
what do you want him to say.
CANU just use a GPS and stop waste time. lol.
Happy new year 2 all guyana,u could jus imagine how long dis waz goin on, but d only way it does skin up, is when sombody get a raw deal, i no dat d tin is a fraud, d entire customs staff n friends wan jailin, + d 3 men they lokin for god b wit them if they r found. lol
…. is anyone surprised that the customs officer is being seen as a facilitator (accessory) to what is the disgrace to the NEW YEAR ?????
Happy New Year to all Guyanese… .may the new year bring lots of prosperity and peace. May the new year also bring less floding and
less violence on all levels; especially against women.
I agree.