Port Kaituma woman arrested for ganja-possession

Dawantie Thackurdeen, a 24-year-old female of Richmond Hill in Linden, was arrested on Monday, March 31, after police found 1.190 kg of marijuana at a shop she runs at Eight Miles Backdam in Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One.
Ranks from Regional Police Division 1 were at the time conducting an anti-crime patrol within the Port Kaituma Police Station district when they received certain information and proceeded to a shop at Eight Miles Backdam.

The ranks met Dawantie at the shop, and enquired who the shop owner was. She indicated that it was a man called ‘Wicked Tail’, who was in Georgetown. Daywantie told the ranks she was the shopkeeper. Police then told her of the information received and of their intention to conduct a search of the shop for anything illegal, such as narcotics, arms and ammunition. She was asked if she had anything illegal to declare before the search, and she said, “Yes, sir.”
She then took the ranks into the shop area, where she took out two bulky plastic bags from under the counter, each containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. The bags also contained a quantity of what appeared to be compressed marijuana.

Further searches were conducted, but nothing else illegal was found.
Dawantie Thackurdeen was told of the offence committed and was cautioned. She replied, “This is all I get. A man bring this last night. The boss sent it.”
She was arrested and escorted to the Port Kaituma Police Station along with the cannabis, which was weighed in her presence and amounted to 1.190kg. She is in custody assisting with Investigations.