3 busted with ganja hidden in bucket at Yarrowkabra
– another nabbed at roadblock in Reg 7
Four persons including a female were arrested with a quantity of ganja during separate Police operations at Yarrowkabra along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and at No 70Km Checkpoint in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Friday.
At Yarrowkabra, Police conducted a raid on the home of a 22-year-old female during which they found a bucket containing 365 grams of cannabis. At the time of the operation, two men were also in the house – a 21-year-old and a 23-year-old, both labourers.
The ganja found hidden in a bucket at Yarrowkabra
However, a bucket with several ziplock bags and one black bag containing cannabis was found in the kitchen area of the flat wooden house.
The woman along with the two men were arrested and taken to Timehri Police Station where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 365 grams. They are expected to make their court appearance this week.
The ganja found in the miner’s haversack at the roadblock
Meanwhile, over in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), a 35-year-old miner of Moruca, NWD, was nabbed at a roadblock exercise at the No 70KM Checkpoint, Region Seven, with 83.3 grams of marijuana which was concealed in a haversack he was carrying.
The cannabis was hidden in two Pringles cans. The suspect was arrested and has since admitted ownership of the narcotic, stating that he bought it at Charity for his personal use. He too will make his court appearance shortly.
