A 30-year-old porter from Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was taken into custody on Sunday following the discovery of a quantity of cocaine and ecstasy during a stop-and-search operation at the Sherima Police Checkpoint, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Police stated that on the day in question, ranks intercepted a motor lorry en route to Puruni Landing, and a search was conducted during which a shopping bag was found in the passenger-side storage compartment.
Upon inspection, a Milo tin and a Nestum tin containing two transparent bags with whitish rock-like substances suspected to be cocaine, along with a quantity of suspected ecstasy pills, were found. The cocaine was subsequently weighed and amounted to 56 grams, while the ecstasy weighed 98.91 grams. The porter remains in custody pending further investigations and charges.
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