On March 29th, 2022, CANU officers acting on information conducted an operation at Lot 295 Shantiniketan Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, which led to the discovery of ten parcels of suspected cocaine and a quantity of multi-coloured pills suspected to be ecstasy.
A release yesterday from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that Lena Narine, aka ‘Aunty Lena’, 62; James Herbert, aka Uncle James, 60; Kay Jennifer Butcher, 71; Jamal Narine, aka ‘Tunks’, 27 and Gregory Faria, 47, a Surinamese national were arrested and escorted to CANU’s Headquarters.
The suspected cocaine weighed 11.4 kgs, with a street value of approximately $12.5.M. The suspected ecstasy weighed 266 grams and had a street value of approximately $400,000. Investigations are ongoing.
