Police unearth cocaine, ganja, molly on Essequibo Coast

A number of illegal drugs were found in separate locations at Riverstown, Adventure Village, and Charity, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on Wednesday and Thursday.
It was reported that on Wednesday at about 12:35h, ranks in Regional Division Two were on anti-crime patrol headed by a senior rank at Adventure Back Street, Essequibo Coast, when they discovered the first set of marijuana.
They stated that while in the street, a male was seen under an unpainted house acting in a suspicious manner. Having observed the Police ranks, the young man walked out from under the dwelling house with a transparent plastic bag in his hand.
As the Police approached him, he reportedly threw the plastic bag in a nearby bush and ran away via the river dam and made good his escape.
A search was immediately carried out in the vicinity where the bag was thrown, and a transparent plastic bag was found. When opened, 17 transparent zip-lock plastic bags were discovered containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.
A further search was carried out in the area, and another transparent plastic bag containing leaves seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis and a pink transparent zip-lock plastic bag containing a cream-ish rock-like substance suspected to be molly was found.
Ranks immediately took possession of all the items found. Checks were made for the suspect but he was not located, as a result the cannabis was taken to Suddie Police Station, weighed in the presence of other ranks and amounted to 84.8 grams.
The suspected molly was also weighed and amounted to one gram, and was placed into an evidence bag and lodged with the subordinate in charge of the Police station.
Investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, while on mobile patrol in Riverstown and Charity, Essequibo Coast, Police found another set of illegal drugs.
At 10:30h, acting on information, the ranks went to Riverstown, where 24-year-old Nardeo Shamsondar, a labourer, was contacted, and a search was conducted on his residence.
During the search, a coffee bottle was found in a black plastic bag in his yard, and contained three transparent zip-lock bags containing several leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.
Also, 17 small parcels wrapped with aluminium foil, containing a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine was discovered. Both substances were weighed and amounted to three grams of cannabis and 5.9 grams of cocaine, respectively.
Lastly, at around 12:15h on the same day, ranks were on mobile patrol in the Charity Market Square where they observed several juveniles, and upon seeing the Police ranks, they all left and went in different directions.
The ranks then conducted a search among some stalls and the surrounding area, and a transparent plastic bag was found in a clump of dried grass, containing several leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis. The ranks took possession of the narcotics which were weighed and amounted to 19.1 grams. (G9)