“It’s just a small amount I got, buddy” – man nabbed with drugs tell cops

In a crackdown on narcotics activity, law enforcement officers from the Arakaka Police Outpost conducted two cordon and search exercises on Saturday morning, leading to the arrest of three individuals and the seizure of nearly 780 grams of suspected cannabis.
The first operation took place at 07:25h at the Five Miles area in Arakaka, where a police team searched the residence and business premises of a 55-year-old man.
Police discovered a brown box on the floor containing multiple black plastic bags. Inside one of the bags, officers found a substantial quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems. In response to the find, the businessman told officers, “It’s just a small amount I got, buddy.”
Further examination of the box uncovered two additional bulky black plastic bags. One contained several small transparent ziplock bags with similar contents, and the other had more leaves, seeds, and stems, all suspected to be cannabis. The man then reportedly admitted saying, “I does sell some of this thing, and the rest I does boil for my son cause he’s trouble with asthma.” He was subsequently arrested, and the narcotics were taken to the Arakaka Police Outpost. There, the substances were weighed in his presence and amounted to 494.7 grams.
Some two hours earlier, a similar exercise was conducted at the residence and business premises of a 56-year-old businesswoman, and her son, a 32-year-old taxi driver, at the Arakaka Compound. During the search in the kitchen area, the taxi driver handed over a bulky black plastic bag containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis, reportedly stating, “Boss, this is what I get in here.”
The bag was opened and found to contain suspected cannabis wrapped in transparent plastic. Both suspects remained silent after that and they were taken to the Arakaka Police Outpost, where the narcotics were weighed, totaling 285.9 grams.
All of the suspects remain in custody pending charges.