On Thursday, CANU Officers attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, intercepted two males, who were observed retrieving four duffle bags over the CJIA’s fence from an unknown male. At the time the CANU officers were performing duties at the baggage shed area.
A search of the said duffle bags led to the discovery of sixty four brick like parcels suspected to be cocaine.
Travis Sealey, age 26, was a shift leader attached to the New Timehri Handling Service and Koby Bakker, 20, was a ground security coordinator attached to Secure Innovations and Concept, both of Timehri. The men and the suspected narcotic were escorted to CANU’s headquarters, where the suspected narcotic tested positive for cocaine. It weighed 71.2 kg, which has an estimated street value of GY$64 million.
The narcotic was intended to be loaded on a British Airways Flight bound for St. Lucia, with onwards connection to the United Kingdom. If the narcotic had reached its intended destination, the estimated street value would have been over £3,000,000 which is equivalent to approximately GY$679 million.
Investigations are ongoing.
