LUANA, St Elizabeth — Police on Friday issued a stern warning to wholesale and supermarket operators selling illegally imported sugar following the arrest of two Chinese businessmen here.
The cops say they will be inspecting establishments for contaminated sugar and will be prosecuting those found in breach.
Sergeant Desroy Holness, sub-officer in charge of the Area Three Agricultural Protection Branch (APB), said the businessmen were charged with breaches of the Sugar Control Act after they were found selling Guyanese sugar labelled ‘Demerara’ without a permit.
“I am sending a strong message, along with members of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), that we believe that there are several other businesses out there who are selling this brand of brown sugar. When you are caught you will be prosecuted. This operation will be an ongoing operation by the APB and the Sugar Industry Authority,” Holness told journalists.
He explained that the police along with the SIA visited a wholesale and supermarket in Luana where the brown sugar was seen for sale.
“On entering, checks were made…and 10 packages of brown sugar [were seen]. The owners of the establishment were informed by the Sugar Industry Authority that no permit has been granted for such importation or sale of this brown sugar,” said Holness.
