Following an intelligence-led operation in Buxton, East Caost Demerara (ECD) on Sunday, Police targeted known drug blocks between 20:45h and 22:15h, which led to the arrest of a construction worker and the discovery of narcotics.
According to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), a 33-year-old man of Buxton Middle Walk was intercepted and searched during the raid. Officers found a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis in a black one-strap bag he was carrying. The man was arrested and taken to the Vigilance Police Station, where the suspected narcotics were weighed and amounted to 41 grams. He remains in custody pending charge.
The narcotics and other items that are found during the Buxton raid
Further searches were conducted in the area known as Spliff Street, Buxton Middle Walk, where several items believed to be illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia were found abandoned on a table. These include 59 transparent ziplock bags with suspected cannabis; 18 green plastic containers with suspected cannabis; one large white plastic bag with suspected cannabis; 29 transparent ziplock containers containing a whitish substance suspected to be Methamphetamine; several empty ziplock bags and wrappers commonly used for smoking.
The items were taken to the Vigilance Police Station. Police confirmed that the suspected cannabis weighed 379.8 grams and the suspected Methamphetamine amounted to 19.6 grams.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, 52-year-old Trevor Melville, known as ‘Fineman’, a labourer of Mahaica, ECD was charged with possession of narcotics last Friday. The charge stemmed from the discovery of 14 grams of cannabis in his possession.
Melville appeared at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Allan Wilson, where he pleaded guilty. He was fined $10,000 and ordered to perform two months of community service.
