Essequibo man busted with cocaine,

A 21-year-old from Riverstown Village on the Essequibo Coast was on November 7 caught with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis. He was apprehended by ranks attached to G Division (Essequibo Coast and Essequibo Islands) during a “buy bust” operation.

According to information reaching Guyana Times, around 23:30h, ranks conducted the “buy bust” operation targeting Kelvin Ellis. A rank, disguised as a civilian, approached Ellis to purchase the narcotics. Ellis then sold the rank the drugs, giving him two packages wrapped in silver foil paper, each containing a substance suspected to be cocaine.

Ellis also sold the rank four transparent, green coloured ziplock plastic bags containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. The rank then revealed his identity and presented his identification.

Ellis was then told of the offence committed and cautioned. The drugs were then weighed and amounted to two grams of cocaine and four grams of cannabis. Ellis was taken into custody.