| Bartica drug bust…The police are yet to locate the two businessmen who they say they have an interest in, with regards to the recent multi- million dollar drug bust at Batavia.According to police sources, investigators believe that the two businessmen may be the masterminds behind Thursday’s massive cocaine find.Sources close to the investigations yesterday said that information emerging from the detained suspects point to the businessmen.A police official stated that the same two businessmen were wanted by the police several weeks ago. The police had issued bulletins for them after the execution-style murder of Patrick Goodluck and Godfrey Grootfaam.The two men died almost instantly from multiple gunshot wounds.The police had stated that some of the men for whom the bulletins were issued are known businessmen while others are ex-policemen who are known associates of convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan.The police, acting on a “tip off” on Thursday,NFL Jerseys Supply, intercepted a vessel with a large quantity of cocaine at Batavia, located some eight kilometers ( five miles) up the Cuyuni River and about 24 kilometers south of Bartica.The cocaine with an estimated street value of US$5million ($1B) was found stashed in four large plastic containers on a vessel named “Amor”. That vessel was powered with two 75-horsepower outboard engines. Five persons were arrested, one Venezuelan and four Guyanese, are being detained at the Eve Leary Police headquarters.The persons detained were identified as 20-year-old Terry Jones also called David Crème, of Kurtuku,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, Cuyuni, said to be the boat captain; 41-year-old Deonarine Singh of Friendship, East Bank Demerara, 32-year-old Randolph ‘Fatboy’ Singh , 34-year-old Clyn Collier of South Ruimveldt and Garcia Luis Alberto of Venezuela.As the investigations continued yesterday, Kaieteur News was told that the Venezuelan had to be rushed to the Georgetown Hospital for treatment.This newspaper was told that the Venezuelan suffered an attack from a natural aliment and had to be taken to the hospital.Up to press time the Venezuelan who has been identified as Garcia Luis Alberto was still being treated at the hospital under guard.Further, this newspaper was told that the charges could be instituted today or on Tuesday, pending the advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.The vessel along with the drug was transported to Georgetown on Friday for security reasons.After the suspects are charged, their fingerprints will also be lodged with the Interpol database.Sources close to the investigation have stated that fingerprints of the “Venezuelan” were sent to Interpol (International Police) to ascertain whether he is wanted or has been involved in crimes elsewhere.Kaieteur News was told that officials from the Venezuelan embassy have spoken with the detained foreigner.Markings on the cocaine packages,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, which suggest a South America origin of the drug, will also be shared by the local police with their international law enforcement counterparts.The bust was made on Thursday around 13:00 hours. Ranks from the Bartica Police Station had mobilised a team and had headed to Batavia.There, they intercepted the Amor, a small vessel that was outfitted with two brand-new 75-horsepower engines.On boarding the vessel the ranks discovered four large plastic containers with false bottoms that held a large quantity of cocaine later estimated to be close to 200 kilograms. Kaieteur News was told that each drum contained about 75 parcels of the prohibited substance.The five persons on the vessel were taken to the Bartica Police Station.Ranks from CID Headquarters,Arian Foster Dolphins Jersey, Eve Leary, Georgetown, had to travel to Bartica to assist in the investigation.However, out of concern that Bartica might be vulnerable to attack from persons linked to the bust, police and army ranks transported the cocaine haul to the city.While information is still sketchy, police believe that the drugs came from Venezuela.Guyana is considered to be a major transshipment point for cocaine and in recent months, Jamaican authorities intercepted two ships that originated from Guyana with large quantities of cocaine.Some 122 kilograms of cocaine in a consignment of timber from Guyana, was discovered in a ship that stopped in Jamaica.Jamaican authorities made the discovery on aboard the MV Vega Azurit which had departed last March.Several persons were questioned in connection with the drug bust,Cheap Jerseys From China, but no charges were ever instituted.And on April 3, two Barbadians and three Guyanese nationals were arrested after ranks who were acting on information stumbled upon one of the biggest drug busts in Barbados.The seizure is recorded as the second biggest bust in Barbados’s history following the conviction and sentencing of six Guyanese, including two women,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, for trafficking cocaine and marijuana valued at over BDS$30 million or US$15 million into the island on June 4, 2009. |
