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Former Magistrate, Ms Geeta Chandan-Edmond, Attorney-at-Law and APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, is calling on the government and Customs and Anti-narcotics Unit (CANU) to update the nation and the world on the investigation into the recent drug bust involving Guyanese and a vessel registered in Guyana.
Chandan-Edmond in a statement said the Government must cease its silence and inform the nation of the status of the recent international drug bust that subjected Guyana, yet again, to international infamy.
“I have noted the eerie and worrying silence by the Government of Guyana and it ought to be of concern to all right-thinking Guyanese.” the former magistrate said. “It is useful to remind us all that seven (7) days have elapsed since agents of Spain’s National Police and Tax Agency Customs Surveillance seized a ton of cocaine in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde on a fishing boat bound for Spain.
In the operation, six crew members: four (4) Guyanese and two (2) Albanians were arrested. The agents observed that the boat, named Mathieu is registered in Guyana,” the MP stated.
The APNU+AFC Shadow Minister of Home Affairs further stated that, “Subsequent to this development, the Head of the Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh told the nation that his agency was pursuing the investigation.
The Parliamentarian noted that, to date, seven days later, there is no word on the purported investigation. This is regrettable,” she said, “considering that Guyana has been labeled an international hub for drug smuggling.”
