Cocaine, ganja unearthed during raids in Regions 2, 3 & 4

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force have unearthed quantities of cocaine and marijuana during several operations carried out in three policing divisions on Friday.
Acting on information received, Police visited the residence of a female sexagenarian at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, Region Three (Essequibo Islands– West Demerara) and conducted a search of the premises in her presence.
A bulky, transparent plastic bag seen on her kitchen counter was examined, and several small, bulky, silver foil wraps and white paper parcels were found therein. The white paper parcels contained leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis, while the silver foil wraps held a hard, whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine.
Confronted with the find, the woman admitted to selling the drugs, and explained that she did so to support her sickly husband.
She was arrested and taken to the Leonora Police Station, along with the seized narcotics, which when weighed amounted to 10.3 grams of cocaine and 28.6 grams of cannabis.
Simultaneous to this discovery, another Police team, conducting a cordon-and-search operation at a popular gathering spot on Spliff Street at Buxton Middlewalk, East Coast Demerara, Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), saw
several males scattering in different directions as the officers arrived.

The men who scattered left three haversacks where they had gathered, and upon inspecting same, the Police unearthed 72 transparent Ziplock plastic bags containing cannabis; a compressed, transparent plastic containing cannabis; two Ziplock bags with a whiteish substance suspected to be cocaine; and another compressed transparent plastic with cannabis and a sum of cash believed to be proceeds from drug sales.
The seized narcotics, when weighed, amounted to 677 grams of cannabis and 0.5 grams of cocaine, while the cash recovered amounted to $6,640.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, Police ranks searching the residence of a 29-year-old male of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) discovered in the kitchen a white paint bucket containing 60 small, transparent Ziplock bags, two medium-sized transparent Ziplock bags, and a large transparent plastic bag all
filled with leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The suspect was promptly informed of the offence, cautioned, and arrested; and the seized cannabis, when weighed, amounted to 165.5 grams.
Investigations are ongoing in all of these cases. (G9)