2 nabbed for dumping ganja, attempting to escape from cops
A 38-year-old driver along with his 58-year-old passenger were both arrested on Thursday after 46.36 grams of cannabis was dumped from a car in which they were travelling while trying to evade Police ranks.
The incident occurred at about 13:20h.
It was reported that two Police ranks attached to the Brickdam Police Station were on motorcycle patrol in the vicinity of Cummings Street and South Road, Georgetown, when they observed the driver of a motor car smoking what appeared to be cannabis.
The car in which the suspects were travelling
The ranks signalled the 38-year-old driver, who is from D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown, to stop, but he continued driving South on Cummings Street.
The motor car was pursued by the ranks and while in the vicinity of Camp and Croal Streets, the driver discarded a transparent plastic bag out of the driver’s side window and continued driving.
One of the ranks picked up the bag and found a number of leaves, seeds, and stems of cannabis. The car was subsequently intercepted at Hadfield and Cross Streets, Georgetown.
The driver and occupant were arrested and escorted to the Brickdam Police Station where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 46.36 grams.
This is the second incident of this nature that occurred with a week.
On Tuesday, Police in Regional Division 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) were looking for a man who abandoned the vehicle he was driving and escaped after dumping a bag that contained a quantity of ganja.
The cannabis that was dumped from the car
It was reported that at Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, a Police patrol vehicle was on duty in the area when the ranks observed the driver of a motor car acting in a suspicious manner. The purple vehicle, which bore registration PRR 3003, was intercepted by the Police ranks, who requested a search of the driver.
However, as the ranks approached the motor car, the driver sped off along the Burnham Drive Public Road, Wismar, causing the ranks to give chase.
The suspect managed to throw a plastic bag through a window of the car. Shortly after, the suspect exited the motor car and made good his escape on foot.
The plastic bag was retrieved by the ranks, who, upon searching it, uncovered leaves, seeds, and stems of cannabis. It was weighed and amounted to two pounds or 907.184 grams. (G9)
