Cocaine-stuffed suitcase seized at Guyana airport
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Authorities at Guyana's main airport have found roughly 60 pounds (27 kilograms) of cocaine in a suitcase aboard a New York-bound flight.
It's the latest in a string of cocaine-stuffed suitcases intercepted on flights to New York this year at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
Anti-narcotics official James Singh said Sunday the drugs were found in a checked suitcase aboard a Caribbean Airlines plane. The drugs were found late Saturday after the flight had boarded.
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Police have detained eight employees of the airline and the airport.
Twelve airport employees were fired earlier this year after someone threw a bag with 50 pounds (23 kilograms) of cocaine over a perimeter fence.
U.S. officials say Guyana is a transit point for South American drugs bound for the U.S. and Europe.