The illegal drug that was found in the woman’s possession
An Essequibo Coast woman was arrested following the discovery of a quantity of Ecstasy during a Police operation at her home.
Police stated that ranks acting on information received went to a house at Charity, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), where a search was conducted on her person.
During the search, the ranks discovered a small white plastic bottle hidden in her ‘private area’ (between her legs) containing 14 pink and 15 yellow tablets suspected to be Ecstasy.
She was informed of the offence committed and was cautioned. In response, she told investigators, “Them tablets me got fuh headache.”
Subsequently, she was arrested and escorted to the Charity Police Station, where the suspected narcotic (Ecstasy) was weighed in her presence, amounting to 12.8 grams. The woman remains in custody pending further investigation.
Only recently, Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers intercepted a Surinamese national at Corriverton, Berbice, with a quantity of Ecstasy and hashish.
CANU stated that Virjanand Naraie had 69.9 grams of MDMA and 101.5 grams of hashish in his possession. He was later prosecuted.
