A wanted rape accused was arrested on Wednesday for possessing a quantity of cannabis during an intelligence-led operation at Agatash Village, Essequibo River.
Police stated that during the operation, ranks went to a makeshift camp where they confronted 22-year-old Nicholas Allen, a miner from Potaro Road, Bartica.
A search was conducted in the camp, where 298.4 grams of cannabis were found. As such, the wanted man and a 17-year-old female who was present at the camp at the time were taken into custody.
During interrogation, it was revealed that an arrest warrant had been issued for Allen in relation to a rape offence.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, he appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the narcotics possession charge and was fined $30,000 and will spend one year in prison.
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