Forty-one-year-old Wesley Antonio Barry of AA Kingston, Little India #79 Village, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was on Monday arrested by agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) following the discovery of a quantity of cannabis.
Based on reports received, CANU ranks acting on intelligence swooped down on the property of Barry and carried out a search during which several well-labelled packages containing the ganja were unearthed.
Wesley Antonio Barry
The cannabis was confiscated and weighed in the presence of Barry. The illegal drug amounted to 25.9 kilograms. He was taken into custody and is assisting with investigations. He is expected to make a court appearance before the end of the week.
Just about a week ago, 25-year-old Daquan Wills of Meadow Brook Drive, Georgetown, and Joel Fung-A-Fat, 39, of Forshaw Street, Georgetown, were intercepted with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis along Lance Gibbs Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
The duo was reportedly travelling in a motor car, PVV 6706, which was under CANU surveillance.
It was reported that as CANU ranks attempted to intercept the vehicle, the driver sped away. As such, agents gave chase and the vehicle was eventually intercepted at Lance Gibbs Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
During the chase, the ranks observed a cocaine brick being tossed from the vehicle which was subsequently retrieved and when weighed amounted to 1.054 kilograms.
The cannabis that was found during the raid
Upon their arrest, the two suspects reportedly led CANU ranks to an abandoned range house at Stone Avenue Campbellville, Georgetown, where another brick of cocaine and a bag containing a quantity of cannabis were discovered.
The cocaine retrieved at Stone Avenue amounted to 1.048 kilograms while the cannabis weighed 17.956 kilograms. The two men, along with the cocaine and cannabis, were escorted to CANU headquarters. The duo was subsequently charged and granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each.
