A quantity of cocaine and marijuana have been recovered after police and coast guard intercepted a pirogue at La Tinta Bay, Chacachacare Island on Friday.
One man was arrested while another escaped, police said. According to reports, Coast Guard Special Naval Unit officers along with police officers chased a pirogue on Friday until it ran aground on the island. A bag containing five packets of cocaine weighing 5.5 kilogrammes and ten packets of marijuana weighing five kilogrammes was seized.
The cocaine has an estimated street value of $2,200,000.00, while the marijuana is worth $67,500.00. The driver and the drugs were handed over to the Organised Crime, Firearms and Narcotic Bureau.
Last Tuesday Coast Guard officers arrested six Venezuelans and seized 27 packets of marijuana near Maracas Bay. Coast Guard reports are that around 11.15 pm the fishing boat was spotted off Maracas Bay. The men were arrested and taken to Staubles Bay where they were handed over to the police. The drugs weighed 17 kg with an estimated street value of $170,000.