Essequibo Coast resident busted with over 2.5kg ganja
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), on Friday unearthed a quantity of marijuana, thus leading to the arrest of one person.
The ganja that was found at Good Hope, Essequibo
A report from the ranks stated that they were on mobile patrol at about 04:00h on Friday on Good Hope Stelling Road, when they observed a male, who is known to the Police by the name of Davenand Dwarka, 28, a labourer, of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, sitting on a stall.
The suspect, having noticed the Police, jumped off the stall and attempted to hide by lying flat on the ground.
However, upon seeing this, the ranks went toward the direction of the stall. At the time, the man was clad in a pair of short black pants, black boots, a black jersey and was carrying a navy-blue haversack on his back.
A search was conducted on the suspect and his belongings but nothing was found on his person.
Checks were then made in the haversack during which three compressed brown paper parcels, wrapped with transparent plastic containing ganja were found.
In addition, a white digital scale was also seen in the bag. Dwarka was immediately told of the offence committed, and subsequently arrested.
The marijuana was weighed in the presence of the suspect and amounted to 2757.7 grams. He is in custody pending investigation and charges.
