Housewife busted with ganja, ammunition during Police raid
A female occupant of a house at Ogle Street, Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Wednesday busted with a quantity of ganja and ammunition during a Police operation.
Police have said that ranks in Division 4C executed a search warrant at the house on Wednesday between 13:40h and 15:30h. A search was conducted in a shop, and five transparent Ziplock plastic bags containing a quantity of cannabis were found in a small box. A further search unearthed US$40 and G$170,000 in a barrel.
The ammunition and ganja found during the operation
The female who was at the premises at the time of the operation was told of the offence, cautioned, and arrested.
Ranks then went to a second house and conducted a search in the kitchen of the lower flat, during which they unearthed 417 rounds of .22 ammunition and a quantity of 12-gauge cartridges that were hidden in a yellow sack.
A black-and-red box that was found in this kitchen was also searched, and four rounds of .32 ammunition and one 9mm bullet were found.
The ganja, cannabis, bullets and cash were seized and taken to the Beterverwagting Police Station as Police continue their probe. The ganja, when weighed, amounted to seven grams. The woman remains in custody pending charges.
