Bridgetown: Police have arrested and charged five men, including three Guyanese with having over $13 million worth of cocaine.
A sting operation by the Drug Squad at a Sunset Crest, St. James, discovered the drugs concealed in a number of wooden pallets.
Those charged are Barbadians Michael Forde, of Cemetery Lane, Road View, St Peter, Ryan Noel, 38 of Wavell Avenue, St Michael along with Guyanese Andrew MeHennon, 30 of Georgetown, Surain Persad 44 of West Bank, Demerara and Davanand Outar, 34 of East Coast Bank, Essequibo.
The cocaine, in powder form, was concealed in a number of wooden pallets, and weighed about 94 pounds(42.8 kilos).
Head of the Drug Squad, Superintendent Grafton Phillips, said the bust was an indication that Barbados was still being targeted as a transhipment point for illegal activity.
The five men will appear in the District "A" Magistrates' Court today to answer charges of cocaine possession, trafficking and trafficking with intent to supply.
