Sewer not only spewed money, possibly cocaine also

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Sewer not only spewed money, possibly cocaine also

PORT MORESBY: Police are investigating Morata residents’ claims that small packets of white powder, believed to be cocaine, were found with the bundles of Kina currency notes that were spewed by a sewer into the swamp.

Investigations were launched after residents claimed the packets of drugs were spewed by the sewer.

Morata residents and the public scavenging the swamp for money on April 11, 2022.

The National reported the news update:


Cops looking for cocaine in sewer

April 27, 2022The NationalMain Stories

POLICE are investigating Morata residents’ claims that small packets of white powder, believed to be cocaine, were found with the bundles of Kina currency notes that were spewed by a sewer into the swamp.
Investigations were launched after residents claimed the packets of drugs were spewed by the sewer.
“Apparently there were evidence of drugs floating out with the money in the sewage but people were afraid to talk or retrieve the drugs,” a police source said.
On Monday, a team from the police Transnational Crimes Unit conducted a search in the swamp and the main sewerage outlet but they could not find any evidence of drugs.
The police saw two young men near the sewer and interviewed them.
The two, identified only as John and James, told police that the claims were true.
“The suspicious drug-looking substances were wrapped with ice-block plastics that came out with the money but the residents were so scared to take them,” they told police.
James told police that he had been staying near the swamp over the weekend and saw some vehicles driving past the swamp searching for something but he did not know what they were looking for.
Police have asked the two witnesses to help keep a lookout for suspicious people visiting the swamp. The two willingly helped police to search the sewer for evidence for tests.
National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu last week said police had been investigating the appearance of the money but so far could not trace the source.
He confirmed that the notes were real and not fake but no one had come forward to claim the money.
“The money found at Morata swamp is real money and it is legal tender with serial numbers,” he added.
The National reported on April 11 that people living in Morata, 8-Mile and Waigani had been flocking to the swamp after a boy, who found bundles of cash, alerted the people that the main sewer was spewing money.
Morata 1 resident Gilbert Goi said a boy found a bundle of notes amounting to K1,800.

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