The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) is seeking the public’s help in locating a young woman, Chelsea Collins and a man, Edinho Lewis, in connection to the recent cocaine seizure at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport on Wednesday.
Collins’ last known address is 10 David Rose Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown while Lewis’ last known address is 25 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The two are wanted for questioning.
Anyone knowing their whereabouts is asked to contact CANU’s Headquarters at 2273507 or 2260431.
On Wednesday, approximately 534 grams of cocaine was found concealed in a box of local snacks earmarked for Brooklyn, New York. The suspected trafficker – a 30-year-old North Road, Bourda woman – has appeared before the court, pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until February 19.
It is alleged that the suspect – Pathrina Pilgrim – a 30-year-old woman from North Road, Bourda, Georgetown, posted the box, which contained 2 parcels of cocaine totalling 534 grams. However, a CANU officer, intercepted the box before it was loaded on a flight destined for Brooklyn, New York. The suspected cocaine was found in two parcels each wrapped in carbon and concealed in a false wall to the bottom of the said box.
The box contained a number of packets of local snacks, notably: coconut biscuit, mittai, chicken foot and one packet of uncooked vermicelli.
