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Police drug agents transferred from CJIA for not detecting US-bound cocaine

Dec 02, 2014 News

Who let the cocaine pass? That’s the question the Guyana Police Force was considering when it took action against three of its ranks who were stationed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, when a quantity of cocaine passed through the facility and ended up in the United States of America.
This newspaper was reliably informed that the three ranks, a Sergeant and two Constables have been reverted to uniform and have been removed from airport duty.
The cocaine was intercepted at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, and local investigators are currently investigating how it was not detected when the courier passed through the CJIA.
Following the bust in the United States, the ranks who were on duty at the airport at the time the courier passed through the facility, and who were responsible for carrying out narcotics checks, were questioned.
They reportedly claimed that they did not detect the drug although it was established that they had examined the particular passenger who was busted with the cocaine at JFK International Airport.
According to a source, initial investigations have not yet established any concrete connection between the ranks and the smuggled dugs.
Investigators are looking at two possibilities; whether the ranks were in collusion with the drug trafficker or whether they were negligent in the execution of their duties.
Guyana is listed as a major transshipment point for South American-produced cocaine and many couriers have been busted both at the CJIA and their final destinations, which is predominantly the United States of America.
And despite stringent security measures implemented by local law enforcement agencies, including the police and the customs anti-narcotics unit (CANU), as well as private security personnel employed by the airlines themselves, drugs continue to pass through the country’s main airport.
In some cases, investigations have found that there was collusion between drug dealers and airport employees, leading to prosecution of a few.
Guyana’s reputation as a drug transshipment point has resulted in many bona fide travelers suffering inconvenience whenever they land at US ports.
Only recently, Guyanese Journalist Dale Andrews was subjected to a thorough search by US Customs and Border Patrol Agents while he was passing through Aruba on his way to Miami, Florida.
He had claimed that he was told by the US agents that they were informed that he was carrying narcotics, hence the search, which ended up in him being delayed on the Dutch-speaking island for an entire day.

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