A hire car driver was busted by Police in Regional Division Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) during a roadblock operation conducted on the Leonora Public Road, WCD.
Reports are that after the Police had received certain information, Assistant Commissioner Mahendra Siwnarine, commander of the division, set up the roadblock and made the bust at about 08:37h on Tuesday.
The ganja that was discovered by Police
During the operation, silver-grey Premio HD 4784, driven by a 33-year-old man, was stopped and searched, and a multi-coloured shopping bag found in the car’s trunk was found to contain three large, black, plastic garbage bags containing 18 tightly compressed parcels. The parcels, when examined, were found to contain substantial quantities of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The driver was arrested and taken to the Leonora Police Station, where the total weight of the confiscated narcotic was determined at 17.711kg. This individual has been detained in custody while additional investigations are conducted and charges are prepared.
This ganja bust comes just days after ranks on mobile patrol in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) unearthed a quantity of marijuana in a motor car on the West Coast Berbice Public Road.
The car in which Police discovered the illegal drug
Reports are that a cordon- and-search operation conducted resulted in multiple arrests and the confiscation of substantial amounts of narcotics.
Police say they found 277 grams of cannabis concealed within a plastic bag inside an old freezer at a stall situated on the bustling Rosignol Public Road.
The owner of the stall reportedly admitted to being in possession of the illegal substance, and was taken into custody.
At another location in the same area, Police uncovered 272 grams of cannabis in a black plastic bag hidden beneath pieces of wood at a residential property. The occupants of the dwelling have been detained pending further investigations.
Meanwhile, at about 17:30h on the same day, while conducting a routine mobile patrol along Lichfield Public Road, officers observed motor car PAB 3518 dangerously overtaking their vehicle. The officers alerted Weldaad Police Station and the driver was promptly intercepted.
Upon conducting a search of that vehicle, Police found in the back seat a haversack which contained five parcels meticulously wrapped in transparent plastic, each suspected to contain cannabis.
With no individual claiming ownership, all occupants of the vehicle were apprehended and taken into custody. The weight of the seized parcels amounted to six pounds (2.724 kilograms) of cannabis.
