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Sawmill cocaine bust…CANU detains fourth suspect, forklift operator rearrested

Feb 25, 2013 News

Customs Anti- narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks have detained a fourth suspect and have re-arrested a forklift operator who was initially in custody following last Tuesday’s massive cocaine bust at a Soesdyke sawmill.
So far, three individuals have been identified as being of major interest to the case. These were Dutch national, Edgar Boesenach, of Coralita Avenue, Bel Air, a Guyanese, Raymond Ghani, local manager at the Soesdyke sawmill. A second Guyanese man was also identified.
CANU has now detained a truck driver following reports that he assisted in transportation of the cocaine.
A forklift operator who is alleged to have packed the drug filled logs which were found in the container destined for the Netherlands, was rearrested when one of the suspects implicated him.
CANU sources said that the forklift operator appeared to have a fair knowledge about the operation. Other persons of interest are being made to report to the drug ranks as investigations continue.
The Dutch national and the Guyanese were arrested on the same day that CANU unearthed 360 kilograms of cocaine in hollowed-out timber which was due to be shipped to Europe.
Sources say investigators had been eyeing the timber company implicated in the bust for some time, since there were irregularities in the way they function. The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) also said that CANU had suspicions about the scanning anomalies that were discovered and thus opted to drill one of the logs.
They said the Guyana Forestry Commission had already given the containers which were on the wharf some clearance to be shipped, but the GRA insisted that the lumber be checked again.
The GFC however said that it too noticed irregularities about the Soesdyke-based timber company. In fact, two weeks prior to the drug bust, they said that the sawmill was closed down, because the company allegedly engaged in four illegal shipments.
Investigators however believe that insiders played roles in allowing the drugs to pass on the other few suspected occasions.

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