Police find 5.4kg of ganja, 9mm ammo on truck at Cuyuni checkpoint

A routine traffic operation at the 70-kilometre (km) Police Checkpoint in Cuyuni Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Saturday led to the seizure of suspected cannabis and ammunition. According to the police’s report, at around 06:10h, a lorry bearing registration number GYY 2105 was stopped after the driver reportedly attempted to bypass the checkpoint. The lone occupant, a 48-year-old male truck driver of Carmichael Street, Georgetown, was escorted to the Outpost, where officers conducted a search of his person and the lorry in his presence.
The search revealed six bulky parcels inside two travelling bags, each containing leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. A further search uncovered a box containing fifty (50) live rounds of suspected 9 mm Luger ammunition. The cannabis was later weighed at 5.4 kilograms (kg) in the presence of the suspect and processed for lodging as investigations continue. The driver was arrested and remains in custody while investigations proceed. This discovery comes just two days after two separate operations at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), and Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), on Tuesday, which led to the discovery of over 56 pounds (lbs) of cannabis and the arrest of two men.
In the first instance, ranks found 55.7 lbs of ganja in two bulky black plastic bags

and several parcels wrapped in transparent plastic during an intelligence-led operation at Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam. The ganja was discovered in Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, in the living room area of the two-storey wooden house, which was at the time occupied by two 26-year-olds and a 27-year-old mason.
Following the discovery, the narcotics, along with the two suspects, were taken to the Narcotics Branch. When weighed, the ganja amounted to 55.75 lbs. The two men remain in custody pending charges. Meanwhile, over in Region Eight, 350 grams were found wrapped in plastic bags hidden in a drainage channel near the Mahdia Arcade. According to reports, the Police were conducting an operation in and around the arcade area when the drugs were found in two black plastic bags and one small transparent plastic bag. At the time of the operation, no one was seen in close proximity. Investigations are continuing.