The cocaine discovered by CANU (Photo: CANU)
The suspects have been identified as Travis Sealey, 26, a shift leader attached to the New Timehri Handling Service (NTHS) and Koby Bakker, 20, a ground security coordinator attached to Secure Innovations and Concept (SIC), both of Timehri.
They were both escorted to CANU’s headquarters, where the suspected narcotic tested positive for cocaine and weighed 71.2 kg (157 lbs); it has a local street value of an estimated $64 million, according to CANU.
The narcotic was intended to be loaded on a British Airways Flight bound for St. Lucia (UVF), with onward connection to the United Kingdom.