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Guyanese man held in NY with cocaine in shoes

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February 14, 2017 49 mins ago

New York police arrested a Guyanese citizen last week after they say he tried to smuggle cocaine in his shoes through John F. Kennedy Airport, according to WABC.

The online report said that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Amaziah Hohenkirk on February 9th after he arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana via Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Customs agents found six pairs of shoes in Hohenkirk’s baggage that contained about four pounds of cocaine during the course of their examination, the report said.

β€œThis latest seizure demonstrates the vigilance of our CBP officers, and their excellence in detecting those who would try to smuggle these illegal substances,” said Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations New York.

The cocaine seized has a street value of approximately US$67,000.

Hohenkirk was turned over to Homeland Security investigators and now faces federal narcotics smuggling charges, the report said.

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Bibi Haniffa posted:

Jalil is resting in peace.  This is exactly what he wanted.  Moses and PNC corruption won't  bother him.  He wanted the PPP out at any cost.  Even if it means suffering to the Guyanese people.

Sounds like what D2, cain, Django, Mitwah and other AFC/PNC supporters wanted.

In Berbice we would say the they cut their noses to spoil their faces.

FM
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