Police officers in Guyana suspected of facilitating movement of illegal aircraft and drugs

As investigations into the discovery of 4.4 tons of cocaine buried near an illegal airstrip in Guyana widens, investigators from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit are examining the alleged involvement of police officers who may be stationed in communities in the area.

When it launched its probe of illegal airstrips and the movement of drugs in the region, the police in the area were left in the dark.

The unit turned to the Guyana Defence Force and the US Drug Enforcement Agency for support.

According to a report published by NewsSource Guyana, the move by the unit may have been triggered by allegations of police collusion in the movement of illegal aircraft and drugs in the Region One area.

Questioned about those reports, the unit’s director James Singh said the acting police commissioner and the Crime Chief have both been briefed on the reports.