Four arrested for drug-ring involvement
Published:Wednesday | January 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM
PARAMARIBO (CMC):
Police said they have seized a quantity of cocaine, guns, ammunition and motor vehicles after arresting four persons including a Guyanese national on Monday.
They said that the four men, ranging in ages from 30 to 50 years, had been involved in a drug ring between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.
The names of those arrested have not been released, but the police said one is a Guyanese businessman while the three others are from Suriname.
The police said that they had seized 28 kilogrammes of cocaine, two handguns, a quantity of ammunition, two motor vehicles, a motorcycle and US$146,950 in cash.