Cocaine, ganja found during Police operation in Essequibo
Police in Regional Division Number Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on Thursday while on mobile patrol in the region, arrested three persons who were found with narcotics in their possession.
The narcotics that were found during the raid on the Essequibo Coast
The three men are said to be from different areas in the region. Following the operations, a total of 9.6 grams of cannabis and one gram of cocaine were unearthed.
Only two weeks ago an Essequibo Coast man was caught with cocaine in the vicinity of a popular nightclub. It was reported that ranks on mobile patrol on the Essequibo Coast arrested the 26-year-old man.
The ranks reported that the patrol was in the vicinity of the Anna Regina Market near a popular nightclub and as they approached the man, he attempted to leave, but he was intercepted.
A search was conducted on his person, during which two pieces of foil paper containing a whitish rock-like substance were found. Police said that the substance was weighed and amounted to 10 grams of suspected cocaine.
The man was arrested and taken into custody at the Anna Regina Police Station, where he was later charged with the offence.
