Surinamese found with large quantity of illegal drugs

Aug 18, 2016 News

…Heroine, Ecstasy and Crystal Meth among them

As the authorities continue to make inroads into the drug trade, it is becoming obvious that Guyana is being used as either a transshipment or storage point.
So much so that drugs like Ecstasy, Hashish and Crystal Meth (crystal methamphetamine) are being intercepted here.
The latest such bust was made around 08:00 hrs last Saturday when 31-year-old Surinamese national Rachlie Grad called “Blacka”, a carpenter of Pammanga Straat, No. 58 Paramaribo, was intercepted at the No. 78 “Gloves ‘backtrack’ Landing”, Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice.
Information stated that on the day, time and place in question, Grad had in his possession 27 grams of hashish, nine grams of Ecstasy and six small Ziploc plastic bags containing a quantity of crystal-like substance suspected to be Crystal Meth.
Grad was arrested and charged.
He appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He was remanded to jail until August 25.
The prosecution’s case was that the police and officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) – Law Enforcement Unit, were conducting searches on passengers who had arrived by speedboat and were offloading on the foreshore. Grad, who was among the passengers, had his belongings checked.
During the process, the ranks checked a pair of Air Max boots and found a plastic parcel containing a hard brownish substance, which was later proven to be Hashish. They also found 19 Strawberry-shaped pills which were later confirmed to be Ecstasy and the Ziploc bags with the Crystal Meth. The prohibited drugs were found in the sneakers.
Grad was unrepresented in court.
On May 30, last, police in the Upper Corentyne area had intercepted 700g of Heroine and 200g of Ecstasy.