GRA employee among four remanded over huge Zeelugt drug bust

From left Tazim Gafoor, his son Nazim Gafoor, GRA employee Sherwayne DeAbreu (at doorway) and Stephen Vieira (behind De Abreu) at the Leonora Court yesterday.

An agent from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was among four persons who were denied bail at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of trafficking in 84.9 kilos of cocaine.

The agent, Sherwayne De Abreu, 35, of Lilien-daal, East Coast Demerara; motorcycle racer, Stephen Vieira, 33, of Middle and Cummings Sts, George-town and motor-racers, Tazim Gafoor, 45, and his son, Nazim Gafoor, 20, of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara are scheduled to return to court on June 12 for disclosure of statements and fixture for trial.

The joint charge read by Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool, stated that between March 1 and May 12, 2017 at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo the men had in their possession 84.9 kilos of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and aided one