US citizen held after drugs found in luggage

– probes into other airport busts ongoing

A 24-year-old United States national was early yesterday morning arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after four kilogrammes of cocaine were found concealed in the false walls of his checked in luggage.

The man, of Queens, New York, was checked in for a Caribbean Airlines (CAL), John F Kennedy Airport-bound flight.

Police told Stabroek News that during routine baggage checks the illegal substance