Essequibo Coast resident nabbed with cocaine during Police patrol
An Essequibo Coast resident was arrested on Friday evening after he was found with a quantity of cocaine in his possession.
According to information received, Police were on mobile patrol in the vicinity of the Anna Regina Car Park, Essequibo Coast, when they observed four men walking. Upon seeing the Police, the men began acting in a suspicious manner.
As such, the Police exited their vehicle and carried out a search on the men, during which several pieces of cocaine were found in the left-side pocket of one of the male’s trousers.
The cocaine that was found in the suspect’s possession
The man was told of the offence committed and cautioned in accordance with the Judge’s rules, to which he replied “it’s my own I buy it from a shop”.
The ranks said the man was further questioned about the location of the shop, but he refused to reveal any information and as such, he was arrested, and the ranks then took possession of the illegal drug.
The suspect later gave his name as Lookman Hayat, a fisherman of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast. Hayat was then escorted to the Anna Regina Police Station, where the cocaine was weighed in his presence and amounted to 7 grams.
Hayat is presently in custody pending a charge.
This is the second cocaine discovery in Essequibo within the last three weeks. Three weeks ago, 40-year-old Brenda Charles of Bounty Hall, Essequibo Coast, was arrested after she was found to be in possession of 451 grams of cocaine in her home.
It was reported that Police acting on information received went to the home of Charles where a search was conducted in the upper flat of her home.
The woman immediately went to her sofa and took out a white and red ceramic plate containing a quantity of cocaine and handed it over to the Police along with an additional 39 pieces of the illegal substance.
Upon her arrest, she told the ranks, “Sir, it’s me own, ah buy it from a man.” The two sets of cocaine were weighed in her presence and amounted to 26.5 grams and 424.5 grams, respectively. She was subsequently charged for narcotics possession.
