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
