Man, 59, nabbed with marijuana at city gas station

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have arrested a 59-year-old man, who was found in possession of a quantity of marijuana on Tuesday.
The discovery was made at the Rubis Gas Station on Mandela Avenue, East La Penitence, Georgetown.
According to CANU, its officers intercepted the suspect – Ignatius Mann of Saachibazaar Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown – at the gas station.
A search was carried out on the suspect and his motorcycle, which led to the discovery of the cannabis. Further investigations led to the CANU ranks conducting a search of the suspect’s residence and a quantity of narcotics was unearthed there as well.
The suspect was subsequently escorted to CANU’s Headquarters along with the suspected narcotics, which was tested and weighed, and confirmed to be 174.8 grams of marijuana.

CANU said further investigations were ongoing.
Only last week, CANU reported it had seized a whopping $311 million worth of narcotics in the month of September. This comprised $294 million (US$1.4 million) in marijuana, and $17 million (US$82,000) in cocaine.
The majority of the narcotics were intercepted in Regions Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), Four (Demerara-Mahaica), and Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), with the overall total being 327.50 kilograms of cannabis and 11.23 kilograms of cocaine. Cannabis continues to be the narcotic most commonly seized by CANU, accounting for 97 per cent of all seizures.