The Ministry of Home Affairs did not need a Mutual Assistance Act to request information on the 2008 cocaine in pepper sauce bust from Canadian officials as there were other avenues available at the time, a security source said.
According to the source, the ministry could have made a request to the Canadian embassy here through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was explained to this newspaper that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the local link between Guyana and all other countries.
“This [the non-existence of the Act] is no excuse for not making a request,” the
