And while 5 of the detained have been arraigned for various non drug-trafficking offences - police today flatly rejected reports that two of the 479 kilos have gone missing. Deputy Williams kind of laughed it off:...
Chester Williams- Deputy ComPol
"The alacrity at which the media houses ran with that story this morning is alarming. I can say to you that all the drugs that were recovered are in police custody; none have gone missing."
Reporter
"Could you confirm that there was indeed an alarm raised after suggestions that 2 kilos of cocaine went missing?"
Chester Williams
"I don't know about that, Mike, I don't know. You have to be careful sometimes, Mike, what you get from police officer sources. Sometimes there are people who do things out of mischief. I don't know what you are talking about. I have no knowledge of it."
Reporter
"So you don't know that there was an alarm and there was an investigation started following that? Then there were people that came up and said they miscounted?"
Chester Williams
"You are more informed than I am; I don't know."
Once the Forensics Department confirms that it is cocaine, police will apply to the court for an order to have the 1052 pounds destroyed.
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