Now it is cocaine in sweetie, however it looks like the sweeties were mixed up and ended up going to a street vendor instead of on a plane to North America.
Three White Water girls fall ill after eating suspected cocaine-laced sweets
THREE days after their community celebrated the first visit by a sitting President in the person of President Donald Ramotar, the Region 1 community of White Water was plunged into a state of worry when three young girls from the community were rushed to the Mabaruma Hospital after eating what appeared to be cocaine-laced sweets.
The Guyana Chronicle newspaper was informed that on Sunday, three girls from the Wauna White Water community, two being ages 12 and 14, were rushed to the Regional Hospital after they complained of feeling unwell. The girls were taken to the health facility at about 20:30hrs and discharged the following morning. This publication was reliably informed that one of the girls appeared quite intoxicated and health officials were immediately able to determine that the children were under the influence of some sort of illicit substance. According to reports, the children purchased sweets, which quite unusually tasted bitter and caused their tongues to become numb. The children then decided to speak about this to adults in the area who cracked the sweets open and found a whitish substance inside. In speaking with a source close to the police investigation of this matter, the Guyana Chronicle was informed that the children also became unconscious for a while after eating the sweets. The girls also complained of feeling weakness in their legs and were unable to stand. The girls reported that they bought the sweets, called taffies, from a shop in the area. An examination of the taffies remaining in the jar from which the children were sold revealed that it contained a powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. The police were called in and investigations are continuing. Yesterday, this newspaper was informed that while several packets of the taffies were removed from the village shop in the little Amerindian community, there is no positive confirmation as yet that the substance found within the sweets is cocaine. It was further related that due to unforeseen circumstances yesterday morning the detectives were unable to travel to the city with the packets of taffies for testing. However, they are scheduled in Georgetown this morning and are expected to take the taffies to the lab for testing. Meanwhile, the individual who operates the shop has been questioned about the matter. The incident has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and a source at the ministry confirmed to this newspaper that they are paying close attention to the investigation. The ministry was informed of the situation by its Community Support Officer.
(By Leroy Smith)
