IN AN effort to create a wider knowledge base for assisting in counter-narcotics strategies, post office staffers are exposed to aspects of narcotics detection.
This was presented in a training seminar that was held at the Central Sorting Office (CSO) in Kingston in October last year. Presenter, Det. Inspector Conroy Reid of the Narcotics Division, highlighted many
circumstances that should alert staff to the possibility of a mail item being tainted with narcotics.
He led the participants in a creative discovery-learning exercise that had them thinking 'out of the box' to consider the many
possible ways that drugs can be included in mail items.
Unscrupulous persons continue to attempt to use mail as a source for distributing narcotics. Other such seminars will be held during 2005, as the post office intends to ensure that many more staff members are exposed to this vital information, as part of ongoing drug interdiction strategies.
