0Ps dePand inIorPation aEout drug Eusts

0embers of Parliament are demanding information regarding the current state of affairs surrounding the drug busts that were made abroad. The 0Ps want to know more about the drug pellets that are smuggled via the eastern border into French *uyana by drug mules before being smuggled to France and the large Tuantities of drugs that are intercepted on board of ships in (urope. (specially the 0Ps from the opposition are demanding answers. Soewarto 0oestadja, coordinator of the government table in parliament, pointed out that -ustice and Police 0inister Stuart *etrouw will address the issue in Parliament on Tuesday. “I do not like it,” said 0P Carl %reeveld DO( as he referred to the fact that Suriname will get a bad reputation in (urope because of the drug busts.”Suriname is gettng a very bad reputation because of this and we can¶t allow that. :e are therefore asking the government to give us clear answers,” said 0P %reeveld.

0P Krishna 0athoera VHP wants to know about the efforts that the police authorities are making in Suriname to identify the suspects who are involved the big drug shipments. “How many reTuests for legal assistance have neem sent" :hat has the government done last year to prevent this much drugs from entering and leaving the country"” said 0P 0athoera who is also a former police chief. 0P 0ahinder -ogi VHP also wants to know if its true that drugs are being loaded on ships near the coast of Suriname before those ships leave for (urope.