Morata sewer ‘cocaine’ to be tested today

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Morata sewer ‘cocaine’ to be tested today

PORT MORESBY: Police are expected to know today (May 5, 2022) whether the five packets of white powder found in a sewage swamp in Port Moresby’s Morata is cocaine or methamphetamine.

Police transnational crimes unit crime director Chief Inspector Joel Simatab confirmed the packets and contents had been sent to the police forensic biological unit for laboratory tests.

“The test will confirm the content and possibly the type of drug,” he said.

The news update was reported by The National:

Drug in police lab for testing

May 5, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By GEORGINA KOREI
POLICE are expecting to know today whether the five packets of white powder found in a sewerage swamp in Port Moresby’s Morata is cocaine or methamphetamine.
Police transnational crimes unit crimes director Chief Inspector Joel Simatab confirmed the packets and contents had been sent to the police forensic biological unit for laboratory tests.
“The tests will confirm the content and possibly the type of drug,” he said.
Simatab said the swamp and nearby surroundings had become a place of police interest and the public should loiter around.
“The police intelligence is working in the area to recover more evidence so that extensive investigations can be carried out,” he said.
“The public should refrain from going around the swamp area as police are also conducting patrols and checks in the area.”
Simatab said they would also be calling persons of interest for questioning to establish the source of the money and the white substance.
“When area has become a crime scene, it is the responsibility of the police to carry out constant checks to ensure that the place was clear from public interference,” he said.
“The public should respect the investigation process and stay away from the swamp.”
Simatab said if anyone found and picked up any evidence, especially the packets of white powder, “they should report to us directly”.
“Those who have information on the source of the money or where the suspected cocaine may have come from should reach out to the police to help in investigations,” he said.
The National front-paged a report yesterday that police had recovered the plastic packets on Tuesday.
The packets are believed to have been spewed by a sewer, together with the thousands of Kina currency notes, into the swamp on April 11.

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