A 59-year-old woman has been arrested at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport after the authorities seized more than 24 pounds of cocaine in several biscuit packages.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said the woman from Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara was due to board a flight for the United States when she was arrested. CANU agents had become suspicious after noticing a large number of biscuit packages in her carry-on luggage.
The packages were searched, and the drugs were found. CANU said all of the substances in the packets tested positive for cocaine with a value of almost GUY$12.3 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents).
Meanwhile, a man who allegedly checked in the luggage for the woman has since been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle six finches (birds) in hair curlers.
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