A Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) operation in Berbice today netted 40 kilogrammes (82 pounds) of cocaine and five suspects including a Canadian national have been held, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said this morning.
Addressing reporters at a PPP/C press conference at Freedom House, he said that head of CANU, James Singh had earlier communicated to him that sometime between last night and this morning, the bust was made. No more information is available as yet.
Rohee in commending CANU said that the bust shows that drugs are still entering