Top Cop welcomes DEA office

Police Commissioner (ag) Seelall Persaud has welcomed the impending establishment by the United States of a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) office here, saying it will enhance collaboration.

“The DEA will be a tremendous help to the Guyana Police Force. We have been collaborating with them since 1988 but now that they will have an office here the work will be enhanced. It is better to be able to communicate face to face and share data than to have to interface over the telephone,” Persaud said yesterday at the opening ceremony for the