Over 3000 grams of ganja found at abandoned house in Grove, EBD
…as Sparendaam man nabbed with drugs during Police search
Marijuana found at the Grove property
Police have unearthed a large quantity of marijuana at an abandoned house at Grove, East Bank Demerara, after receiving information that narcotics were being stored on the property.
On Wednesday, at about 16:50h, ranks on mobile patrol received information that narcotics were being stored in an abandoned building at Grove. On arrival at the location, ranks searched the lower flat of an unpainted two-storey concrete building, and found two plastic barrels — one blue and the other light green in colour — inside of which were nine bulky transparent plastic parcels containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis, as well as several bed sheets.
The quantity of marijuana unearthed at Sparendaam
The barrels with the parcels were removed to the Grove Police Station, where the illicit substance was weighed and amounted to 3,730.4 grams
Several persons have been questioned as investigations continue.
And a 24-year-old man of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara has been arrested after police unearthed a quantity of marijuana during a search.
At about 18:45h on Wednesday, a party of police ranks in a vehicle in the vicinity of Victoria Road, Sparendaam observed this self-employed male removing items from a location in a suspicious manner. He was contacted, and a search carried out in the area unearthed a black plastic bag containing a quantity of small Ziplock bags with leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
He was told of the offence, cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Sparendaam Police Station with the suspected narcotic. There, the narcotic was weighed and amounted to 52.8 grams. (G12)
