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Woman nabbed with cocaine at Takutu Bridge

Nov 16, 2009 News

The predictions of the Crime Chief Seelall Persaud seem to be becoming a reality sooner rather than later as over the past two weeks law enforcement agencies have made two significant drug busts at the recently commissioned Takutu Bridge.
Reports indicated that around 10:00 hours on Saturday, ranks from the Police Narcotics Branch intercepted a Guyanese woman at the bridge with just over a kilogram of cocaine. The woman was heading to Brazil.
This newspaper was told that the woman’s suitcase was checked by police ranks and the cocaine was found concealed in buttons which the woman claimed she was carrying to neighbouring Brazil to sell.
The woman was taken into custody and charges are likely to be laid shortly.
Two Saturdays ago, three Brazilians were intercepted at the bridge with a large quantity of cannabis. One of the three has since been charged for having the prohibited substance after admitting to investigators that the drugs belonged to him.
He is currently on remand at the Camp Street prisons.
Earlier this month the Crime Chief during the Force’s Christmas presentation had noted that the opening of the Takutu Bridge would be an area of concern for law enforcers.
He had stated nevertheless, the force was equipped to deal with the traffic at that location. Persaud predicted that with the opening of the bridge there would be an increase of gun and drug smuggling.
However, drugs leaving Guyana for Brazil was probably not what the law enforcement agency had expected.
He added that the force would be getting assistance from the Guyana Revenue Authority, which will soon be acquiring a container scanner, to help greatly in combating the drug and gun smuggling trade at the Guyana/Brazil border. The Crime Chief had also noted that the Brazil Authorities would also be monitoring the location.

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