Drug Enforcement Unit short of personnel, equipment

The MV Caricom

Following last week’s joint operation between the local anti-narcotics bodies and their colleagues in Barbados which led to a huge drug bust in the island, there have been calls for the local Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Autho-rity to be strengthened.

According to sources within the GRA, early last month the recently established DEU was given additional functions by the authority to stem the drug trade,