The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit is in search of three individuals who names are given as Elvis, Matic and Jagan all from the Canje Bridge area in connection with the discovery of narcotics and the seizure of a boat said to be used for the transportation of narcotics.
The drug enforcement agency in a press statement said on Thursday while acting on information received conducted an operation at Mahaicoy where a boat used to transport narcotics on numerous occasions was seized.
The boat was discovered on the Eastern side of the Mahaicony boat landing with 5.610 kg of cannabis onboard, the agency said.
According to CANU, the operation is a continuation of a previous operation it had conducted at Unity on the East Coast of Demerara.
The operation, CANU said lasted for eight hours resulting in the boat and drugs being seized.