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Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, has made a call for law enforcement agencies, more so those involved in combating the drug trade,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, to be on the alert for synthetic drugs. This call was made on Monday when he addressed the opening of a Drug Enforcement Agency training session.“Because of globalization, the possibility of synthetic drugs and heroin finding their way to our country in larger quantities cannot be discounted,” the Minister lamented.As a consequence, the Minister reiterated his call for the Law Enforcement Agencies to be on the alert for other types of illegal drugs arriving on the shores and to be prepared to take preventative action to restrict their entry into the country.“With our expanding import and export trade, more emphasis has to be placed on the movement of shipping containers to prevent their use for illegal purposes,” Rohee stated.“I therefore welcome the recent initiative where the Container Control Programme was launched in Guyana by the UNODC and the World Customs Organization with financial support from the Government of the United States of America.”He said that the success of this programme in Guyana will depend to some extent on the reinforcement of the concept of Inter-Agency Cooperation and the dedication of the persons who will be trained to operate it.For years local drug enforcement agencies have been grappling with the drug trade while there continues to be several seizures there has been very little success stories of prosecution. |
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