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Surinamese national busted with cocaine
Gordon Wensley Lino with the cocaine taped onto him.
Thanks to alert ranks at the Moleson Creek Ferry terminal, a Surinamese national was intercepted yesterday with a quantity of cocaine in his possession.
According to the police, the man, who has been identified as Gordon Wensley Lino, was busted around 09:00 hrs while he was an outgoing passenger.
The 40-year-old man of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown and Mangrase Straat No.2 Paramaribo was caught with more than one kilo cocaine.
Kaieteur News was told that ranks requested to search the Surinamese national after observing that he was acting in a suspicious manner. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that the man had the cocaine taped around his body.
The arrest was made by Constable Mark Fraser. Investigations have so far revealed that Lino was working for a man, who traveled to neighbouring Suriname yesterday morning via the backtrack route.
There are reports that the man left Guyana with a quantity of cocaine. Investigators determined that yesterday’s bust was a trade between Guyana, Suriname, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Aruba.
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