Two Nigerian men have been arrested in connection with an attempt to post 1.1 pounds of cocaine overseas through the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Thursday.
The anti-drug agency said that on February 22, 2023, its agents at GPOC intercepted a man who was attempting to post a box containing several items.
“A subsequent search of the box was conducted in the presence of the said individual, which led to the discovery of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine,” CANU said.
He has been identified as 33-year old Michael Emmanuel Ude of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara.
CANU said the street value of the 1.1 pounds (482 grammes) of cocaine fetches a street value of GYD$400,000 (approx USD$ 1,900)
According to CANU, further investigation, later resulted in the arrest of another Nigerian, 26-year old Gift Obioha of Laing Avenue, Georgetown.
Meanwhile, Idris Umar Usman, a Nigerian national living in South Africa, has been officially declared missing after going off the grid for over a month now.
44-year-old Idris Umar Usman has been officially declared missing in South Africa.
A statement from the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg released on Tuesday, February 21st 2023, confirmed this news.
According to the Nigerian consulate, Usman has been missing since 26th January 2023, when he left his residence in a silver Proton-Savvy car.
He was wearing a brown t-shirt, black trousers and brown shoes when he left his family residence at about 2015 hours in a Silver Proton-Savvy car.
Source: Nigeriabombshell.com/Demerara Waves
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