Two persons have been arrested along the East Bank Demerara corridor following the police discovery of cannabis at a premises and on a person.
The police have said that during a cordon-and-search operation conducted at a house at Eccles Old Road, EBD on Thursday, ranks discovered 6,100 grams of ganja in a transparent plastic bag in one of the bedrooms. And $15,300 in cash was also found and confiscated.
A 27-year-old vendor of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara has been apprehended, and remains in custody as investigations continue.
And in a separate operation, authorities found over 90 grams of cannabis at two locations: 50.5 grams were found at a stall at the Soesdyke Junction, and 40.7 grams were found at Doubles Corner in Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
This has led to the arrest of a 23-year-old male of Kuru Kururu, who had 20.5 grams of cannabis on his person. He is currently in police custody as investigations proceed.