-by Nakasia Logan

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says its anti-drug operations have already dealt a significant blow to narcotics trafficking this year, with hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and more than a tonne of marijuana seized during the first half of 2026.

This from CANU’s Director James Singh during an exclusive interview with NCN News.

CANU has seized more than 250 kilograms of cocaine and 1,400 kilograms of marijuana in the first six months of this year. According to Director James Singh, its impact extends far beyond the country’s borders, with intelligence provided by local authorities helping to intercept major drug shipments overseas.

“This would have been cocaine that would have entered Guyana and be transshipped to other territories, as we’ve seen in the past, most notably, we had some operations where some drugs were to be loaded onto a vessel. We also had some operations where drugs came from one of our neighboring territories for the transshipped,” he said.

Singh said the intelligence shared by CANU has contributed to several successful international interception of drug shipments.

“What you don’t see much of in the press is how many seizures we have participated in internationally by sharing information, trends and patterns that have resulted in our counterpart’s overseas intercepting vessels, containers and other items that not would have left from Guyana but transported form the region,” he explained.

The Director revealed that information provided by local authorities recently helped with the interception of a vessel on the high seas carrying four tonnes of cocaine destined for West Africa. While the shipment did not originate in Guyana, Singh said the operation highlighted the country’s growing role in international counter-narcotics efforts.