$21 million in cocaine washes ashore in Guayaguayare

Cocaine worth over $21 million, believed to have been part of a shipment of illegal drugs which washed ashore from the Atlantic Ocean, was found and seized in Mayaro on Wednesday.

A police statement on Thursday said the Mayaro CID got a tip-off and went to a location at Guayaguayare, in the Mayaro police district.

There they saw 36 packets of cocaine wrapped in watertight tape. The drug had a total weight of 46 kilogrammes and an estimated street value of $21,373,440. No one has been arrested.

Police said the officers went to BP compound at Isthmus Road, where company officials took them to the coastline at the western side of the facility where the packages of drugs were found. The packages were photographed and stored at the station before being taken to the Forensic Science Centre for analysis.

Also in the Eastern Division, the police responded to a report of an explosion around 10 pm on Tuesday at Newlands Village, Mayaro.

There, they found an abandoned vehicle bearing false registration plates.

The officers searched it and found an extended magazine and 11 rounds of ammunition hidden inside. The police seized the items.

Investigations are ongoing into both finds.