Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit have nabbed a male resident of New Amsterdam with over 21.8kgs of marijuana during an operation conducted at a house in Hummingbird Street, Festival City, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown last Friday.
Reports are that the CANU operation netted a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be marijuana; and a further search of the premises revealed six bulky plastic parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems hidden in three barrels in the yard.
The 35-year-old Berbice resident, of Lot 3 King Street in New Amsterdam, was arrested on the premises. He claimed to be a labourer there, but 13 grams of cannabis were found on his person. He was escorted to CANU Headquarters with all the cannabis discovered, which was weighed and amounted to 21.8kgs. This amount of marijuana has an estimated street value of $6,540,000.
Investigations are ongoing.
