Blue Iguana owner busted with cocaine in suitcase

RoystonPeniston,44,the owner of the Blue Iguana Night Club in Alberttown, Georgetown was on Friday busted with some $2.1 million worth of cocaine stashed in twohardcoversuitcases.

The bust was made during an operationconductedbyranksofthe Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) at Festival City, North Ruimveldt,Georgetown.

According to CANU, when ranks searched the suitcases they saw white powdery substance that appeared to be cocaine. Peniston was apprehended and the suitcase was taken to the CANU headquarters to test the substance andconductathoroughsearch.

The substance tested positive forcocaineandfurthersearchofthe suitcases unearthed two parcels of the illegal drug. CANU said that parcels weighed five pounds and has a street value of $2.1million dollars.

Peniston remains in custody as CANUcontinuesitsinvestigation.

In 2010, uniformed ranks had swooped down on his night club in Alberttown to search for guns and drugs.Afterspending20minutesin his property they came up empty handed.

The businessman had claimed thatheisnotinvolvedinanywrong doing and said that the police presencewasbadforhisbusinessat the night spot. Peniston was also on the Guyana Police Force's wanted list for execution style killings during the crime wave in Guyana.

His arrest comes two days after CANU arrested 52-year-old Cranson Carlson Henry and 44year-old Mark Ferdinand for cocaine worth $13.3M. Henry was intercepted on Thursday by CANU officers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). He was an outgoing passenger travelingtotheUnitedStates. He was questioned and admitted to having 13 4lbs (6.070kg) of cocaine in seven Milex milk packages in his luggage.

Further investigations by CANU led to the arrest of Ferdinand, a local Calypsonian, of SamarooDam,Pouderoyen.