An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) police on Saturday afternoon led to the arrest of a 30-year-old man of ‘BB’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Police said that the labourer was found in possession of 863 grams of marijuana.
Reports are that a team of officers went to the man’s two-storey concrete home in Eccles and conducted a search.
During the search, officers discovered a plastic bag containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be marijuana on a sofa in the living room.
The findings were shown to the man and he was arrested and escorted to the Farm/Herstelling Police Station. There, the marijuana was weighed in his presence and amounted to 863 grams.
He remains in custody pending charges.