A gold miner and his wife were taken into Police custody on Saturday morning after the cops found 943 grams of marijuana at their Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara home.
The discovery was made during a raid, carried out between 06:00h and 07:00h, in the Plaisance, Better Hope, and Vryheid’s Lust villages on the East Coast of Demerara in search of guns, drugs, ammunition, and wanted persons.
The ganja that was found in the duo’s home
During the exercise, a search was carried out at the Lot 1 Sparendaam home of a 31-year-old gold miner, and his 31-year-old wife.
According to the Police, ranks found a plastic bag that contained 12 Bamboo (a paper used to wrap the cannabis), a quantity of transparent zip lock bags and two transparent plastic bags containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.
Police said the items were shown to the two occupants of the home but they denied ownership.
They were both arrested and placed into custody at the Sparendaam Police Station, where the marijuana was weighed and amounted to 943 grams. (G9)
