Businessman Yancy Garraway has been arrested with a quantity of cocaine during an operation conducted at the Merriman Mall section of the Bourda Market at North Road in Georgetown.
Several persons and stalls in that vicinity have also been searched.
The cocaine and money found during the search
Reports received are that police conducting an operation in vicinity of the Merriman Mall on Thursday stopped and searched the 37-year-old businessman and found a whitish, powder-like substance, suspected to be cocaine, in a transparent plastic bag that was in his possession. He also was found with some $206,200 in local currency and US$5 in his pants pocket.
He was arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station, where tests confirmed the whitish substance to be cocaine weighing 6.3 grams. He remains in police custody, pending charges.
