The ganja that was found by Police during the exercises in Essequibo Coast and Mahaica
Ranks from the Guyana Police Force have arrested two individuals and seized over four pounds of marijuana during a series of anti-narcotics operations conducted on Tuesday in Regions Two (Pomeroon-Supernaam) and Four (Demerara Mahaica).
One of the discoveries was made at an abandoned property located at Henrietta Back Street, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), where police unearthed approximately four pounds of suspected cannabis buried in a five-gallon bucket.
According to police, ranks in Regional Division Two were conducting a search for 33-year-old Charles Abrams of Henrietta Back Street. Abrams is wanted in connection with the alleged assault of a police corporal. When officers arrived at the location, they reportedly observed a 28-year-old woman, who shares a common-law relationship with Abrams, emerging from a clump of bushes in an abandoned yard just north of her apartment. Upon seeing the police, the woman allegedly began acting in a suspicious manner. She was questioned about Abrams’ whereabouts but was reportedly reluctant to cooperate.
Police said that officers requested to conduct a search of the apartment she shared with Abrams, and she consented, and nothing illegal was found inside the home. However, ranks then turned their attention to the area of the yard where the woman had been seen moments earlier. There, they noticed a patch of disturbed earth. Upon digging about one foot below the surface, they discovered a five-gallon bucket.
Inside the bucket, police found a bulky transparent plastic package containing a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be marijuana. The woman was arrested and transported along with the suspected cannabis to the Anna Regina Police Station. The marijuana was weighed in her presence and amounted to four pounds. She remains in custody as investigations continue. Meanwhile, police in Regional Division Four were also engaged in separate drug eradication patrols in the Jonestown, Mahaica area also on Tuesday, where two more cannabis-related finds were made within the span of an hour.
At around 16:00h, motorcycle patrol ranks conducted a search of an abandoned shop on Second Street, Jonestown. There, hidden beneath an old zinc sheet, they discovered a black plastic bag containing 33 small Ziplock bags filled with leaves, seeds, and stems believed to be marijuana. The narcotics were taken to the Mahaica Police Station, where they were weighed and amounted to 130 grams. No one was in the area at the time of the discovery.
Less than an hour later, around 17:00, the same patrol unit returned to Second Street, Jonestown, where they observed a group of men standing at a shop. The men were searched individually. One of them, a 52-year-old labourer of Good Hope, Mahaica, was allegedly found with marijuana concealed in his backpack.
The labourer was arrested and escorted to the Mahaica Police Station. The suspected cannabis, when weighed in his presence, amounted to 14 grams. He remains in custody pending charges.
When officers arrived at the location, they reportedly observed a 28-year-old woman, who shares a common-law relationship with Abrams, emerging from a clump of bushes in an abandoned yard just north of her apartment. Upon seeing the police, the woman allegedly began acting in a suspicious manner. She was questioned about Abrams’ whereabouts but was reportedly reluctant to cooperate.
Meanwhile, police in Regional Division Four were also engaged in separate drug eradication patrols in the Jonestown, Mahaica area also on Tuesday, where two more cannabis-related finds were made within the span of an hour.
