Eight 9mm firearms, 11lbs of marijuana found in barrel shipped from New York

Eight 9mm pistols and 11.2 pounds of cannabis sativa were found by law enforcement officials in a barrel posted to Guyana.

The discovery was made during a routine customs check done at Larparkan’s Timehri, East Bank Demerara bond at about 13:15hrs Wednesday.

A statement from Police Headquarters noted that a 36-year-old Customs Officer was on duty at the Laparkan bond when she examined a blue plastic barrel sent to a female of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam Berbice.

The sender is a male from the Bronx, New York. The barrel was shipped by BL Abrigo Shipping LAZA, located in Brooklyn, New York, with a local address at Third Street, LaPenitence, Georgetown.

On examination, it was discovered that the barrel contained a quantity of clothing, five footwear, thirteen bottles of Moët champagne, two bottles of Hennessy, one body scrub, two bottles of peanut butter, five bottles of body oil, five tubs of body butter, five queen side floral bed sheets, one XBox with one control, three packets of small zip lock bags, one green lunch bowl, 31 small transparent containers, 25 small containers.

But along with those items, eight 9mm pistols with magazines (with serial numbers filed out), and five bulky transparent plastic parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be Cannabis were found.

A 32-year-old female Manager at BL Abrigo Shipping LAZA, who resides at Success, ECD and went to the bond to ‘clear’ the barrel on behalf of the company, was interviewed by investigators and was taken into custody.

Police took custody of the barrel, along with the narcotics.

An investigation is in progress.