Duo observed collecting duffle bags over CJIA’s fence arrested with $64M worth of cocaine
A 26-year-old shift leader attached to the New Timehri Handling Service (NTHS) and a 20-year-old Ground Security Coordinator of Secure Innovations and Concept (SIC) were nabbed with 71.2 kilograms of cocaine in four duffle bags.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that on Thursday, its officers attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), while performing duties at the baggage shed area, intercepted two males who were observed retrieving four duffle bags over the airport’s fence from an unknown male.
A search of the duffle bags led to the discovery of 64 parcels of cocaine. The men, identified as Travis Sealey and Koby Bakker, both of Timehri, were escorted to CANU’s headquarters.
The cocaine, when weighed, amounted to 71.2 kilograms and had an estimated street value of $64 million.
According to CANU, the narcotic was intended to be loaded on a British Airways Flight bound for St. Lucia (UVF), with an onward 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 $679,000,000,” CANU stated in the statement.
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