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Friday, April 25, 2008
Three Jamaicans were recently intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana after a search of luggage belonging to one of them unearthed a quantity of cocaine with an estimated US street value of US$20,000 concealed neatly in a dart board.
A CANU officer explained that around 6.30 am the three Jamaicans, one female and two males, all in their late 20s were outgoing passengers on Caribbean Airlines flight CA424 destined for Jamaica via Barbados. He said officers at the airport profiled the female Jamaican and her suitcase was checked in her presence and the dart board was discovered.
The Jamaicans travel documents revealed that they had traveled to Guyana on April 15. Officials broke open the dart board in the presence of media operatives at CANU headquarters yesterday and removed the substance, which weighed just over two pounds. Asked whether the detection could have been made by sniffer dogs, the officer said yes and added that once the dogs were effective enough they would have been able to pick up the drug even though it was carefully concealed. However, he pointed out that CANU did not own any such dogs, noting that the sniffer dogs that operate at the airport were owned by the Police Narcotics Branch.
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