While a local probe continues into the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine, unearthed by authorities in Belgium from a container of scrap metal that originated here last year, Five Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) container scanning specialists were fired earlier this month for misconduct.
The firings were confirmed by Commissioner General of GRA Godfrey Statia, who in an invited comment recently told Sunday Stabroek that the staff were sent home after they were found culpable of collusion and sharing passwords.
Early November last year, law enforcement officials in Belgium announced that they were probing the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in the container of scrap metal shipped from Guyana.
