Miner nabbed with over 2kg of ganja in dried coconuts

A 37-year-old miner of Lot 22 Den Amstel Public Road, West Coast Demerara, was on Tuesday morning nabbed with more than two kilograms of ganja concealed in the shells of dried coconuts.

The arrest was made by Police at Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) as the suspect disembarked a boat at the ferry stelling.
Based on information received, the man was seen acting in a suspicious manner and the ranks requested that he visited the Bartica Police Station for a search to be conducted on his belongings.
During the search, 10 dried coconuts, along with greens, were unearthed. However, upon close inspection of the coconuts, their ‘eye’ and ‘weight’ appeared to be unusual. As such, ranks shook the coconuts, but the sound of coconut water sloshing about was not detected.
This further raised suspicions and one of the coconuts was broken in the presence of the ECD resident. Marijuana was unearthed in the broken-open coconut, in which a piece of wood had been modified to plug the eye of the nut.
The others were cracked open and the results were the same. The miner was told of the offence and was arrested. The illicit drug was weighed and amounted to 2018 grams.
The suspect is being processed for court where he is expected to be arraigned on a possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge.