Cop recounts discovery of cocaine in fish shipment

Tazim Gafoor

The trial of the siblings charged over cocaine found in a frozen fish shipment that was destined for New York continued yesterday in a city court, where a police corporal recounted the moments before and after the drug find.

Delon Cole related that on June 8th, himself and Corporal Singh were on duty at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and were conducting searches of an Amerijet shipping bond that had outgoing cargo destined for the John F Kennedy Airport.

Cole said he was given documents in favour of Shafaur Alli by a shipping agent. He said he made contact with Alli, who indicated to him that he was traveling with six other persons, three males and three females (one being his sister Lazeena Imrazi) and that 33 of the pieces of cargo were his.