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Suspect in Miami cocaine captured

Jan 04, 2009 News

The police yesterday arrested Nymrod Singh, who was being sought in relation to the find in Miami of a quantity of cocaine in furniture shipped from Guyana.

This newspaper understands that Singh was arrested at around 15:05 hours, after arriving in Bartica and checking into the Platinum Hotel under the name Errol Daniels.

Singh, of New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, reportedly chartered a special boat to go to Bartica for some $30,000, as opposed to using the regular speedboat service.

Reports state that people saw him at Parika and, suspecting that he was headed for Bartica, informed the police there.

Singh, on his arrest, told the police that he was heading for the interior, where he has a dredge.
On Friday, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) issued a bulletin for Singh for questioning in connection with the Miami bust.

Reports are that Customs and Border Protection officers in Miami discovered 373 pounds of cocaine hidden in furniture in a container at the Port of Miami, Monday.

CBP officers inspecting containers at the Miami seaport were alerted by a CBP dog to a specific container loaded with furniture.

The officers attached to the Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team proceeded to examine the furniture, and discovered three packages concealed within one of the pieces of furniture.

One of the packages was tested by the officers and the substance was positive for cocaine. The total furniture count was 72, which concealed 194 packages of cocaine.

The container with the furniture arrived in Miami last week Friday aboard the freighter M/V Rio Para.
The container was moved to the CBP facility for examination and was opened on Monday. The vessel’s last port of call was Guyana.

Last night, Singh was transferred to police headquarters at Eve Leary.

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