The ganja and methamphetamine that was found at Pigeon Island, ECD
A 23-year-old resident of Pigeon Island Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was nabbed by Police at about 19:20h on Monday evening with a quantity of marijuana and Methamphetamine.
It was reported that a party of Police ranks from the Beterverwagting Police Station were on mobile patrol duty in the vicinity of Success Sideline Dam, ECD, when three men were observed standing on the roadway.
Upon seeing the Police vehicle, it is alleged that the men started running in an eastern direction, causing ranks to give chase.
One of the men was apprehended and later identified as a 23-year-old construction worker from Pigeon Island Squatting Area, ECD.
A search was carried out on his haversack, and 20 transparent ziplock bags containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis, along with 17 transparent ziplock bags containing a quantity of crystal-like substances suspected to be Methamphetamine were found.
The man was arrested, and escorted to the Beterverwagting Police Station where the cannabis was weighed and it amounted to 41.1 grams while the Methamphetamine amounted to 3.66 grams. An investigation is in progress. (G9)
