Businessman held over timber cocaine released

A city businessman who was arrested in relation to last month’s 359 kilogramme timber cocaine bust at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara has been released, Customs and Anti-Narcotics (CANU) boss, James Singh has confirmed. Singh when contacted yesterday also said that the investigation into the matter continues.

So far two persons have been charged and authorities are said to be looking for others including the mastermind behind the concealment of the drugs in hollowed out timber logs which were packed in a container for shipment to Holland.

Based on reports, the container which was registered to Guyana Timber Products Inc. had been sitting at