Tip-off from Guyana ends in $1.3B cocaine bust in Barbados

A tip-off from local anti-narcotics agencies to their counterparts in Barbados about the ‘suspicious’ movement of a boat led to a $1.3B (US$6.5M) cocaine bust in which three Guyanese were charged. They are among five persons due to appear in court on the island today in relation to the drug find.

According to the Barbados Nation, the five men were charged by police on the island last week in connection with the cocaine discovery, which was made last Thursday