Scans of GRA cocaine container retrieved

Images of a container in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine was smuggled out of the country in September have been retrieved with international help after having been deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) container scanner.

The deletion of the images had been seen as evidence of high-level corruption in the GRA.

Local efforts made to retrieve the scanned images had proven futile and GRA sought expert help, alongside the manufacturer of the scanner.