A miner who resides at Victoria, East Coast Demerara has been nabbed with a quantity of cannabis during a police operation at Itaballi checkpoint in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Police have said that during an operation conducted on Wednesday, motor pick-up GPP 2262, being driven by a 43-year-old male of 4th Avenue Bartica and having four other occupants, including the suspect, was intercepted. And
during a consequent search of the vehicle and its occupants and their belongings, the suspect was found carrying a bulky plastic package that contained a quantity of ganja.
As such, he was cautioned, arrested, and placed in custody. The ganja, when weighed, amounted to 58.4 grams. Investigations are continuing.