Other suspect being grilled on timber cocaine shipment
The deportee who it is believed mobilized the cocaine that was inserted into the dividers of cartons of pepper sauce turned himself into the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday and was intensely questioned.
Thus far, CANU has questioned the key players in the organization that smuggled 376 kilos of cocaine in the cartons. One shipment was busted on December 8 in New Brunswick, Canada and the other was nabbed on December 24 in St Croix, the US Virgin Islands after Canadian authorities tipped off the US DEA.
CANU sources say the deportee who turned himself in yesterday is believed to be the person who sourced the cocaine from suppliers. He was intensely questioned and let go after he denied details that were put to him. The sources say he was reluctant to leave CANU. As the organizer of the cocaine, sources say, he is the one most at risk from vengeful suppliers west of Guyana and may have no choice but to help the investigation as much as he could.
Aside from the deportee, CANU on Monday also questioned his business associate who he runs a shop with. The deportee’s associate who goes by at least two names is believed to be the financier of the drug operation. He is believed to have put up some of the money and the remainder of the supply was received on credit from the suppliers. This type of transaction is usually cleared if the intermediaries are well-trusted and there is a great likelihood that the shipments would make it through. In this case, both shipments were seized and this is the type of situation that can lead to an implosion of the entire network.
In a surprise twist, the financier is now being questioned by the police in relation to a shipment of timber filled with cocaine which was seized in the Caribbean last year. The financier had been wanted in connection with this seizure but had not been apprehended. There had been no bulletin from the police in connection with this.
In addition to the deportee and the financier, CANU has also interviewed the suspected facilitator who would have cleared channels for the shipments and made the final delivery to the couriers. He, like the other two, has denied involvement. All three have been in constant touch with CANU and will be kept under close surveillance.
Assets not in congruence with their alleged income and conspicuous spending will be closely watched particularly in light of pending legislation which allows the forfeiture to the state of the assets of drug traffickers.
But for this to happen, charges will have to be laid and there are potential problems, sources say, since witnesses are hard to come by where there is little prospect of witness protection and considering that this is a small country.
The revamped CANU is focusing heavily on intelligence gathering and ensuring that compromised operations aren’t able to regroup. In the wake of the arrest of businessman Roger Khan in the US, there were expectations that new actors would try to move into the business.
Sources say that in the wake of the arrest of Khan there was fragmentation of the business with smaller players making their own deals. There was a significant concentration of this business on the East Coast.
Following the seizure of the first pepper cocaine shipment Mahendrapaul Doodnauth, who unloaded the boxes at a rented storage facility on Rexdale Boulevard in Toronto was arrested by Canadian authorities. He was later charged with importing cocaine, conspiracy to import cocaine and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
CANU then issued a bulletin for Indarpaul Doodnauth and he made himself available to the agency for questioning. Doodnauth, an East Coast-based businessman is the brother of Mahendrapaul Doodnauth. Sources say Indarpaul recently surfaced at CANU with his arm bandaged and there was speculation that he had been involved in a fracas with someone who was upset over the busting of the shipments.
Another man sought by CANU, Reginald Rodrigues, who was thought to be the shipper of the pepper consignment seized in Canada went underground after the bust became public and was able to evade an attempt to arrest him here.
It is believed he has since fled to Suriname via the backtrack.
Another man wanted for questioning in relation to the pepper sauce, Orlando Watson has been in touch with the authorities here but is yet to turn himself in. He is thought to be connected to the second shipment.
Meanwhile, Nymrod Singh, a suspect in the Miami discovery of 170 kilos of cocaine in a container of furniture from Guyana remains in custody. He is being grilled by the authorities on the December 29 interception in Port Miami.
He is alleged to have sent an earlier shipment of furniture to the same consignee as in this case and authorities in the US are expected to track that shipment. Questions have also been raised about construction associated with him that is currently underway. Singh was nabbed on Saturday in Bartica and has been in custody since.
There are likely to be major developments in both cases this week and closer collaboration between CANU and agencies in the US and Canada.
Man, leave the people alone!! Whatever you try, the cocaine have to pass…Let them go.
These days I find you make some utterances and I wonder if you are ’sleep-blogging’ or your sarcasms are flying over my head. If it is the former then you really need to wake up and smell the coffee my friend.
I hope you feel the same way when the killing that comes with the cocaine trade starts/ continues.
this might be true but shame on you brother, i attended sandhurst in 1976 and i know you had to learn something other than to make a comment like this. be quiet for a change.
olicer got locked up for saying less than what you said, becareful young brother….i would not like to see you behind the prison wall
Ok Mike, btw, which company were you in?
i share de view sandhurst. or else de economy gon slump, we need development hw de poli gon boast about growth.
Hey “mike”! It is neat to see you pulling the “Sandman” up. But, as you would know there is nothing like a “loose canon” and in case of the “internet” – a “loose STINGER MISSILE”; and, with “Sandman” having all the time on his hand after the accusations at “SANDHURST” it might just be a case of the “devil finding work for idle fingers and brain” rather than besting the “Sheffield” Class Latin Hustler (British Rapier)!
Roger – Alpha – Bravo – Charlie….
Over and Out.
… i think i know this who this MIKE is ,, !
Drugs kill!!!!..
Squaddy? Is wah wrang wid you man! I notice that since you drink up the rum for de Birthday, you trash talking. Like you still tipsey or woh? Wake up and go mek a fresh pot of coffee and get back to business.
Hey, Mr. Gold!!I have noticed you many times saying ‘over and out” for you correction its “OUT” check back your signals Sir, there is a mad general on the loose!!!
Hey “Sandman”! Re: “[...there is a mad general on the loose!!!...]” God forbids if that happens then you eyesights will behold the TOMAHAWKS (for the softening up) then the F-16s, the HORNETS, the RAPTORS… in the skies.
What a beautiful picture – Re: “Weapons Loads FA-18E” make for the digestion.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-18.htm
http://www.f22fighter.com/
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”!
Why is he reluctant to leave? This is just a tip of the cartel that dwell there and many are untouchable in Guyana with a lot of blood on their hands.
Could eb he was reclutant because he talked and he know the top guns would get him, so he was hoping he would have bene put behind bars where he probably would be safe. Who knows!
As the Jamaicans say “Informa fi dead” that’s how I have observe it going in GT
“he was reluctant to leave CANU”
when you play with pups expect to get bitten by fleas
some pups!
some fleas!
“Assets not in congruence with their alleged income”. OK OK, don’t click for an online dictionary. It simply means, “he get moe prapatie dan de money he wukin fah can buy”.
NAAH!!! You think soh? He gat 25 rich uncles in NY!!! Remittance bhoy!!!
Nooo. It is eee and mo.It goes like this.”eee get mo prapatee…”
Why persecute these people? They weren’t supplying the local market causing OUR people to be crack-heads. This “business” is equivalent to the Prohibition days in America with alcohol. It’s the local drug “pusherman” that the police should concentrate on arresting for dealing in and poisoining OUR people, not for poisoning Americans and Canadians. What crime would the Guyana police charge these men with…possession of cocaine? Where is/are the witness(es) who would say they saw them with it, and where is the evidence? Case closed.
The only man prospering and getting rich in all these “deals” is Vic Puran. Congrats Vic boy.
Mackydog you have just revealed what I have long suspected; PPP “supporters” do not look at this drug business as illegal, but as a business. He has betrayed their selfless way of think. “It doesn’t affect us, so how cares”. All that matters to them, is the money.
Of all the comments you’ve made in this particular blogosphere, Mackydog, this is the MOST asinine I’ve read coming from you. You have really outdid yourself here
B. Thomas, empty ramblings again. Where’s the evidence that PPP supporters do not have a problem with drugs trafficking? If you cannot support what you say, then its all rubbish, dude.
BThomas, how did the PPP come in this. This drug ting started way back in Burnham days. Remember the mysterious cartons that wre dropped by plane in the Demerara river and we never heard again bout the contents nor what happened to the cartons. Drug running is not done by persons of a particular political stripe. Silly remark.
They say; “the chickens” are all coming home to “roost”!
Have mercy on Mackydog.
OUR people are Homo sapiens.
Cocaine destroys Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens are OUR people.
B. Thomas,
I’m not a member of the PPP, but because I’ve experienced the evils of the PNC as compared to the performance thus far of the PPP, if I had to make a choice, I’d definitely support the PPP. My honesty in calling a spade a spade as compared to some ppl like you who just doesn’t seem to be able to get your head out of the sand, won’t understand that jack should get his jacket.
malaika06,
I forgive you. It’s sad to know that when yuh walking around NYC (if thats where you are) and yuh see dem big big skyscrapers, banks, recreational “Squares and Centers” in Manhattan (Rockefellow), and a whole family (Kennedy), just to name 2, that yuh don’t know the history behind them. How u think they got their money, from woking a 9-5 like me?
John Smith,
I don’t need mercy from anyone. I say what I know because I have the cajones to say it. I believe that because the Guyana police is ill equiped to handle the enormity of drug issues, they should concentrate on what affects us – Guyanese in Guyana, the “local” drugpushers and not strain themselves to solve America and Canada’s problems. Yuh know wha my father told me about straining yuhself…yuh gon get a goady. That’s why y’all having a field day with criticising the GPF because y’all bawl at the police and they strainin. Think. Drugs out of Guyana is NOT Guyana’s problem…Drugs inside of Guyana is Guyana’s problem.
Re: “[...That’s why y’all having a field day with criticising the GPF because y’all bawl at the police and they strainin. Think. Drugs out of Guyana is NOT Guyana’s problem…Drugs inside of Guyana is Guyana’s problem...] Hey folks, surely “Mackydog” (from his comments and all appearances) needs to be examined using the “DSM4R” as a reference/guide.
Guyana gives Uncle Sam full cooperation in almost every know drug incident. When its time for The Big Man to give back a little, Guyana does get slap in the face; remember the night RK was suppose get extradited back to Guyana from Suriname? How he ended up in T&T? And was secretly flown up north… Rk got wa he deserve but Guyana was kept in the dark and looked like a big fool afterwards.
Gy needs to stop suckin up to other nation. If them want GY to curb trafficking they should provide the funds and equipment needed to do it.
The press needs to stop speaking in the third party and stop treating the readers as children. Who are they protecting? Businessmen or crooks?
I remember growing up hearing my indian (coolie) relatives boasting that Indians were the business people in Guyana and THE OTHER RACE were the criminals.
I’m sure i’m not alone.
Now, I wish they had lived to see the business people and criminals are now one and the same. What is the OTHER RACE doing now that “we” have taken over EVERYTHING?????
Queen !!! What is your point? The term “Coolie” is very derogatory.
Gerry,
The word “coolie” shouldn’t be SOOOO bad as you want to make it. It’s a name Indian Guyanese have been known as forever by black people who were the original coolies of Guyana. Fact is, a “coolie” by definition, is any person who carries a load on their head. It was the Negro slaves in the West Indies who first begun carrying loads on their heads when loading/off-loading ships coming/going to Europe and when slavery was abolishes (by that time Indians were “free” and had farms), the Indians were most commonly seen carrying their farm produce on their heads from the farms and so THEY were branded “coolie”. Case in point…EVERY RACE IN GUYANA IS COOLIE. Nothing wrong wid it, it’s a Guyanese thing.
mackydog, i am curious to know where you got your supposidly historical information from,because i dissagree with you, from my historical research the word `coolie’came from the english when they started shipping indians from india to guyana.they referred to the e/indians as coolies.
How come the receiver is arrested and the sender is allowed to walk away free? Who you people think you fooling?
I agree with you Milton. that’s because in Guyana, if u have lots of money u can walk free. and in Canada u cannot pay yore way out.
Re:”In the wake of the arrest of businessman Roger Khan in the US, there were expectations that new actors would try to move into the business.” SN you are giving the impression that Roger Khan was arrested in the US which is not true he was originally arrested in Surinam.
Why was this man reluctant to leave CANU? He should be imperceptibly monitored and I am sure CANU/police will find out what is causing his fear.
Roger was kidnapped by US authorities in Trinidad…Oh and dont forget he was deported from Suriname to Trinidad as though he was a Trini…ehehehehehehehe…
Why you think he dont want to leave???
He is a dead duck walking right now….he knows it over for him from his big bosses….
CANU, and the Guyana Government is a joke. Start investigating all business in Guyana, and keep an eye on their development through the banks and loans. You will understand why Guyana have so many overnight business men and women. Which law inforcement/canu officer/ agent can arrest a government operative and try them for crimes that are drugs/guns, and money laundering base, show me one…? This Government soon start biting on itself mark my words.
did you read what you wrote before pushing the button to publish? Mr John Smith?
Mike, please tell me what you see.
Re: “CANU, and the Guyana Government is a joke. Start investigating all business in Guyana, and keep an eye on their development through the banks and loans. You will understand why Guyana have so many overnight business men and women….” What “development” are you talking about (perhaps you should just say “business activities”) the PPP administration closed the only “development institution – GAIBANK) that was established by the late L. F. S. Burnham Administration and these are now the “development” activities Guyana and Guyanese now get.
You get what you “voted” for!
there is more to come from that srorie from the bottom right up to the top!.
The man is scared of a good Guyanese/Columbian beating. He has come up shorter than Gary Coleman with the cash flow which was fronted to him.
I can’t wait for this to unravel . I don’t agree that the cocaine has to pass – we need to stop this crap right now. A life is a life whether it is in Guyana or the West so I don’t get the point MackyDog is making. It’s still blood money no matter how you try to wash it. Ain’t no good can come from that!