Cocaine seized in Suriname reportedly smuggled from Guyana

Ryan Gomes

Local authorities have no evidence yet that 115 kilogrammes of cocaine seized in Suriname on Tuesday originated from Guyana, as Surinamese authorities have reported.

A senior investigator, contacted on a report in the Star Nieuws in Suriname, told Stabroek News that his Surinamese counterparts have not made contact and there is no evidence yet linking the cocaine to this country.

The Star Nieuws reported yesterday that units of the Judicial Service of the Police Corps of Suriname seized the cocaine and authorities believed it originated