Timber cocaine switched ships

-GFC denies it cleared container in letter to Sattaur

For Full Access Login OR Subscribe Now - for as low as 25 cents a day


The container busted in Jamaica last week with $700M in cocaine was switched to the MV Vega Azurit after being originally booked to leave these shores on another ship, according to Commissioner of Forests, James Singh.

Singh, in a letter to Commissioner – General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, said that sometime after the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) checked the documents which were then submitted to the shipping company and the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA), the vessel’s name listed on the form was changed from the MV Stadt Rotenburg to the Vega Azurit.

He said for this to have been executed, it may have required the assistance of person(s) from the CTA and possibly the shipping company as well. The document also revealed that there was an extra container since only seven …..


MORE IN Archives


Reader Comments »

The Comments section is intended to provide a forum for reasoned and reasonable debate on the newspaper's content and is an extension of the newspaper and what it has become well known for over its history: accuracy, balance and fairness.
  • We reserve the right to edit/delete comments which contain attacks on other users, slander, coarse language and profanity, and gratuitous and incendiary references to race and ethnicity.
  • We moderate ALL comments, so your comment will not be published until it has been reviewed by a moderator.
  • Our Comments are powered by the Disqus service. You may comment as a Guest by entering your comment and selecting "Post as". Optionally, you may sign-in using your Facebook, Yahoo or Twitter Accounts.

    Disqus' Privacy Policy can be read here. Please read our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.