Trio busted with ganja, cocaine during Police operations
The cocaine and ganja that were found on the Essequibo Coast
Two men and a woman were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday respectively after being found in possession of a quantity of ganja and cocaine.
The Police have said that at around 19:45h on Thursday, ranks were on mobile patrol in Phase 2’ Good Hope, East Coast Demerara when they observed a male and female standing at a corner of the road acting in a suspicious manner.
The two persons were contacted, and a search was carried out on the male, a 34-year-old fisherman. A transparent Ziplock plastic bag containing a whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine was found on the ground right beside him.
He was told of the offence, cautioned, arrested, and escorted to the Vigilance Police Station, where the cocaine was weighed in his presence and amounted to 0.5 grams.
The cocaine and ganja that were found at Good Hope, ECD
The female, a 30-year-old housewife of Foulis, Enmore, ECD, was also arrested. A search conducted on her person unearthed a yellow and black plastic bag containing several small, transparent Ziplock bags containing a whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine, and three transparent Ziplock bags containing cannabis sativa. The narcotics were weighed in her presence, and amounted to 9 grams of cannabis and 5.3 grams of cocaine.
Both suspects were taken into custody, pending charges.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday at about 17:00h, ranks on the Essequibo Coast in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) were on mobile patrol in the vicinity of the Coffee Grove Old Road when they observed a male attempting to evade them.
The ranks exited the vehicle, gave chase, and subsequently apprehend the man inside a house, whom they later determined to be Philbert Henry, 51, a labourer.
A search was carried out on his person, and in his right-side trousers pocket, two transparent plastic bags were found. One contained a whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine, and the other contained a quantity of cannabis.
He was immediately shown the drugs and told of the offences committed, and he claimed ownership. He was taken to the Anna Regina Police Station, where the cocaine and cannabis were weighed in his presence separately. The cocaine amounted to 28.3 grams while the ganja amounted to 5.3 grams.
He remains in custody pending charges.
