Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), acting on intelligence, recently made a major drug bust valuing $25Million on the Corentyne. A statement from the drug enforcement agency said that on December 10, on a dam in Line Path, Corentyne, Berbice they unearthed four brown salt bags containing 28 parcels containing cannabis wrapped in transparent plastic. The parcels of cannabis weighed a total of 176lbs. However, the suspected owners of the narcotics managed to evade ranks during the bust.
“On the evening of Dec 10th whilst on patrol along a dam in the Line Path area, CANU officers noticed several people in one of the cane fields adjacent to the dam. The officers identified themselves and made attempts to apprehend the persons, but they immediately fled in several directions and made good their escape,” the agency explained in a release. CANU said on December 9, ranks acting on information, conducted operations between the Sandaka pump station, Skeldon and Goat Dam area of the village of Line Path Corentyne Berbice. The purpose of the operations were to identify routes used for transporting narcotics.
