Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Drug bust: Over four tonnes of cocaine, valued US$195M, found buried
Some of the cocaine dug up. (CANU photo)
Cocaine weighing four and a half tonnes, estimated to worth 176 million Euros (US$195 million), has been unearthed by authorities at an abandoned airstrip in Region One.
The bust by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) followed months of high-level surveillance and intelligence gathering.
The drugs were buried underground and was unearthed Sunday in an operation by CANU with support from the Army’s special forces.
The head of CANU, James Singh, and the Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn are in Region One, for the operation.
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