A 65-year-old man was arrested following the discovery of 35 grams of cannabis and 4 grams of cocaine on Monday at High Wine Crack, Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini).
Police stated that an intelligence operation led ranks to a premises where the 65-year-old businessman was contacted, and a subsequent search of the property revealed a bag in a bedroom containing two transparent plastic bags.
Police stated that one of the plastic bags contained a quantity of cannabis, while the other contained a whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine.
The pensioner was arrested and escorted to the Port Kaituma Police Station, where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 35 grams, while the cocaine amounted to 4 grams. He remains in custody pending further investigations and charges.
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