Delay in search of cocaine-in-lumber container due to protocol – Sattaur

Khurshid Sattaur

The search of the container of cocaine-filled logs, in which almost 800 pounds of the drugs were found on Tuesday, was delayed to ensure the proper procedure was followed for the examination, according to Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur.

Based on a statement released by the GRA on Tuesday, although the container was flagged for irregularities, it had been sitting on a city wharf for 21 days before it was hand searched by anti-drug agents.

Sattaur yesterday explained that the GRA wrote the shipper,