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CJIA ‘VIP’ drug bust…Police issue bulletin for Minister’s personal assistant
A wanted bulletin has been issued for a third person implicated in last Friday’s drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Police say that Kenroy Anthony Augustus Joseph is wanted for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics and forgery, in an ongoing investigation.
Joseph is said to be born on June 11, 1985 with his last known address being 69 D’Andrade Street, Newtown.
Joseph became a person of interest after a pregnant Canadian citizen and her reputed husband were nabbed with over 20 kilograms of cocaine at CJIA last Friday while set to travel on an outgoing flight to Toronto, Canada, via Fly Jamaica flight OJ 157.
Wanted: Kenroy Anthony Augustus Joseph
Rohbina Basdeoram, 29, and her husband, Mahendra Ramsuchit, 25, of Rose Hall, East Canje Berbice, were both charged Monday, with Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry ordering them held until February 13.
They reportedly slipped past airport security undetected by using the VIP Lounge but were later taken off the aircraft and subjected to a search. It was then that ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch unearthed 10.392 kilograms of cocaine stashed in Ramsuchit’s luggage. Another 10.968 kilograms of cocaine was reportedly found in his wife’s baggage.
Investigators found that the couple boarded the aircraft using the VIP lounge and were not subjected to a search. It was also determined that the couple was not on the VIP list. They were subsequently asked to disembark the aircraft.
Initial reports were that investigators wanted to get into contact with a man named Kenneth Jones. Jones, reports said, was a former personal assistant to Junior Agriculture Minister Ali Baksh, and had allegedly presented forged documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearing the couple for use of the VIP Lounge.
The Ministry over the weekend in a statement distanced itself from “Jones” and said that the man’s name was not Kenneth Jones, but Kenroy Joseph. He had been employed there during the period January 3rd, 2012 to June 10th, 2014, when he resigned his position.
“Since his resignation, Mr. Joseph has not been authorized to provide protocol services for the Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture or any other government official,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry stated.
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