Police ranks from Regional Division Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) on Saturday arrested a labourer after he was found in possession of a quantity of marijuana.
Reports are that around 14:00h, the ranks were patrolling on motorcycles at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, when they observed a male in an empty lot.
The suspect, a 30-year-old male of Hague, West Coast Demerara, was holding a bulky black plastic bag in his hands and acting in a suspicious manner.
The marijuana found on the suspect
One of the ranks approached the suspect and identified himself as a Police officer, and then requested to carry out a search on his person.
The suspect dropped the bulky plastic bag at his feet, however, the Police rank managed to take possession of the bag and conducted a search in the presence of the suspect and the other ranks on patrol.
Inside the bag was a sheet of newspaper containing several small transparent zip-lock plastic bags, each filled with a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The labourer was arrested and escorted to the Leonora Police Station. The suspected cannabis was weighed in his presence and it amounted to 76 grams.
The suspect was placed into custody pending further investigation.
