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Dec 07, 2012 News
– Shipper, four others detained
Five persons are currently in police custody following the discovery of a quantity of cocaine which was concealed in drinking straws in a Canada-bound shipment and had been presented as macaroni noodles.
This publication was told agents from the Police Anti-Narcotics Unit were at the time carrying out a routine inspection at a cargo bond at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Reports are that among the items checked during the examination were 68 boxes of mangoes and several boxes containing packets of macaroni noodles. The ranks became suspicious of the weight of the noodles and decided to carry out a thorough investigation.
Upon emptying the packets, it was discovered that among the contents were a number of drinking straws sprayed in the colour of noodles and packed with a white powdery substance. This was subsequently tested and confirmed to be cocaine – a total of 21 kilogrammes (46 pounds).
The mailing address for the shipment was listed as 44 Mount Crescent, Ajax, Ontario, Canada, and the sender – O’Brien White of 1-2 Plantation Walk, West Bank Demerara.
The shipper was among five persons, including a female, who were arrested.
In recent months, local drug enforcement agencies have been able to intercept several large amounts of cocaine.
Only last week the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit intercepted some 700 lbs of cocaine at a city container facility. The drug was hidden in a shipment of soap powder.
And recently one man was jailed and another remanded to prison after being charged with trafficking in narcotics. In that case the shipment of cocaine was in canned coconut milk, and managed to make its way into Malaysia where it was intercepted.
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