GUNMEN KILL ANTI-DRUG OFFICIAL.Gunmen shot and killed the deputy head of Guyana's anti-drug agency, the latest murder of a law enforcement official in a six-month crime spree here, reports Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. (Aug. 24, 2002). Vibert Inniss, deputy chief of Guyana's Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU CANU Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (Guyana) CANU Capital Area NetWare Users ), was shot several times in the head and body while in his car. CANU works closely with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in the fight against drug smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain rings operating in Guyana. Gunmen recently attacked the CANU headquarters. Concussion concussion Period of nervous-function impairment that results from relatively mild brain injury, often with no bleeding in the cerebral cortex. It causes brief unconsciousness, followed by mental confusion and physical difficulties. grenades were hurled into the compound and several vehicles were damaged in the attack. Eight police officers and several businessmen have also been killed in recent violent crime. Copyright 2002 |
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