Two men, one aged 29 and the other aged 24, have been arrested in a hire car that Police intercepted with 200lbs of cannabis on the public road at Helena Number One, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday, February 14, at about 22:30h.
It has been reported that anti-crime patrol ranks at the Mahaica Police Station received information that caused them to erect a roadblock at Helena Number One, Mahaica, ECD, and they were thus able to intercept silver-coloured Note motorcar PYY 3323 with two persons inside.
The person driving the car was a 29-year-old resident of Turkeyen, ECD while the other occupant was a 24-year-old resident of Angoy’s Avenue in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
A search conducted on their persons and the vehicle unearthed six bulky bags containing 70 transparent parcels of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis sativa. Both men were arrested, and the vehicle and cannabis were taken to the Mahaica Police Station. When weighed, the narcotics amounted to 90.58 kilograms.
The suspects remain in custody pending charges.
Only two days ago, a 44-year-old businessman of Wismar, Linden was arrested after Police unearthed more than two kilograms of cannabis in a building in which he was sole occupant at the time.
The Police had said that on Monday, at about 14:00h, a party of ranks, acting on information received, went to an address at the Bayrock Junction One Mile Extension in Wismar, Linden and made contact with this 44-year-old businessman, a resident of Canvas City, Wismar.
The marijuana that was found in the vehicle at Helena Number One, Mahaica
A subsequent search of the building unearthed a black plastic bag containing several Ziplock bags which had been concealed under a wooden counter. An inspection of those bags revealed a quantity of cannabis, and the businessman was arrested.
The ranks conducted another search at the back of the building, and further unearthed a bucket containing three black plastic bags with cannabis. The suspect allegedly admitted ownership of the narcotics, and was arrested and escorted to the Mackenzie Police Station, where the marijuana was weighed and amounted to 2069.8 grams. (G9)
