An Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) man was caught with cocaine in the vicinity of a popular nightclub.
Reports are that about 04:30h on Thursday, ranks on mobile patrol on the Essequibo Coast arrested a 26-year-old man.
The cocaine that was found
Police have since said 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 suspected to be cocaine were found.
Police said that the substance was weighed and amounted to 10 grams of suspected cocaine.
The man remains in custody at the Anna Regina Police Station pending charges.