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Marijuana found amidst shipment of pumpkin to Barbados

Jan 10, 2012 News

 
Local law enforcement agencies have teamed up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of several pounds of compressed marijuana at the Guyana National Industrial Company wharf.
According to reports some time after 14:00 hours yesterday, the drug said to be weighing some 40 pounds was found stashed between a shipment of pumpkin in a container that was destined for Barbados.
This publication was told that the prohibited item was detected while the container was passing through the container scanner.
Thus far the combined agencies, the Guyana Police Force, the GRA’s Customs and Trade and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have only managed to come up with the name of the shipper — Joseph Britton. Further there are reports that officials are looking at a possible breakdown in the procedure for packing and shipping containers.
Investigations are ongoing.

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