Opposition says government officials smuggling truckloads of chicken

The Opposition, A Partnership of National Unity and Alliance For Changes,  claimed  major corruption has been unearthed in the Ministry of Agriculture in the smuggling of truckloads of chicken. In a statement the Opposition stated “A police source said that the scheme involves over 50, 000 pounds of chicken and over 1400 hundred boxes of Rockingham chicken leg quarters. Apart from being a criminal activity, such amounts threaten the local chicken industry and rob the country of valuable tax.”

The Opposition’s full statement follows:-

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN THE MINISTRY ACCUSED OF MAJOR CORRUPTION.

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Major corruption was unearthed in the Ministry of Agriculture where it is alleged that the Minister of Agriculture and at least one other senior official in the Ministry of Agriculture linked to the PPP are accused of smuggling truckloads of chicken and then instructing the Police to release their booty.

According to top police officers of Region #6 and the Command in Georgetown, police were instructed to allow trucks carrying huge amounts of smuggled chicken from Suriname to deliver to the Guyana Marketing Corporation. The Policemen are concerned that they are forced to allow the big fish to go while they are made to target poor citizens.

A police source said that the scheme involves over 50, 000 pounds of chicken and over 1400 hundred boxes of Rockingham chicken leg quarters. Apart from being a criminal activity, such amounts threaten the local chicken industry and rob the country of valuable tax revenue.

The Opposition demands an immediate investigation and calls on the Government of Guyana to allow the Guyana Police Force to act independently and not cover this issue in the way they did the Dharamlall case.