Police in Guyana have arrested one person in connection with T&T$5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad, while alleged interference with the investigation by a lawyer is being investigated, according to a press release.
The release said the police are investigating a local connection to the bust, which led to the man being arrested. Several others are being sought.
According to a report in the Trinidad Express last week the cocaine was discovered last week Monday in pellet form and stuffed inside vegetables. It weighed 13.4 kilogrammes. The report said more of the drug was discovered hidden inside baskets of tomatoes and bodi, bound for Canada on board Caribbean Airlines flight 600 at Piarco International Airport. Police in Trinidad had said that the flight originated from Guyana. No one was arrested in Trinidad but the officers had said they made the seizure after weeks of surveillance and intelligence gathering.
