GEORGETOWN (AFP) – Authorities in Guyana on the northern tip of South America on Sunday seized USD200 million worth of cocaine buried near a clandestine airstrip for shipment to Europe, a customs official said.
Around 4.4 metric tonnes of the drug were found in underground bunkers near the border with Venezuela to the west, said head of the anti-narcotics unit of Guyana’s customs agency, James Singh.
Traffickers dug holes in the ground to hide the cocaine, and then covered them with wooden planks, Singh said. No arrests have been made so far.
In March, the authorities in Guyana seized half a tonne of cocaine and arrested two Venezuelans who were transporting it in a speedboat.
