St. Martin News Network

Philipsburg: --- Customs on St. Maarten managed to arrest a man from Wakenaam Guyana with five kilos of cocaine on Monday.
Head of customs Anthony Doran in a press release said his vigilant colleagues conducting controls at the Airport detained a male passenger with the initials J.A.R born in Wakenaam, Guyana. The suspect arrived at Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean Airlines flight with the route Guyana-SXM-SXM-Jamaica. J.A.R had a suitcase in his possession that resulted to have false sides, the sides where filled with a substance that resembled cocaine.

Doran said after testing the white substance that was found hidden in the sides of the suitcase, it was proven to be cocaine. The 5 kilo's of cocaine was confiscated and the passenger was arrested pending further investigation.

Due to ongoing investigation no further information can be released to the media, the suspect is going through a series of interrogations. Customs are currently doing an in depth investigation as to the intended destination of the drugs. Guyana-St. Maarten is an unusual route for smugglers, customs want to know if the drugs were intended for St. Maarten, the European Continent or the United States Doran said.

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