$17M in cocaine found in container at city wharf

The parcels of cocaine which were found in the container at the Demerara Shipping Limited, Lombard Street, Georgetown yesterday. (CANU photos)

Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday discovered $17 million worth of cocaine in a container at the Demerara Shipping Limited at Lombard Street, Georgetown.

The container was due to be shipped out of the country

The agency in a press release issued yesterday afternoon said that the CANU officers conducted an operation during which parcels of the cocaine were found inside a bag in the container.