Trio busted with ganja, gun during Police operation at Crane

Three persons including a woman, her lover, and her daughter were arrested on Friday following the discovery of a quantity of ganja and a firearm at their Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home.
Police stated that on the day in question at about 05:00h, ranks from Police Regional Division 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), acting on information received went to the home of Andrea Lake, a 55-year-old housewife of Crane Housing Scheme, WCD, in search of drugs, guns, and ammunition.
Consequently, a search was carried out in the presence of her 29-year-old daughter, Toniyanna Skeete, and her 55-year-old boyfriend, Deon Gherow. During the search, nothing illegal was found in the home.
However, a search was carried out in the yard during which Police observed a portion of “disturbed soil”. A rank proceeded to dig the area and a red metal tin was unearthed.
Upon opening the tin, a black plastic bag containing a black .38 revolver without a serial number was found.
Another search was conducted under the front concrete bridge which leads to the premises and there again, a black plastic bag was found, this time it contained a quantity of ganja.
The three suspects were told of the offence committed and were escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station with the suspected firearm and cannabis, which weighed and amounted to 523 grams.
The suspects were placed in custody pending further investigations and charges.
Only two days ago, ranks from the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, acting on information received, went to Swan Street in the Pouderoyen Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara, and arrested two persons who had a quantity of cocaine and marijuana in their possession.
Police have said that upon arrival at the address in question, ranks conducted a search of the occupants thereof – a 59-year-old domestic worker and a 33-year-old taxi driver – but found nothing incriminating on their persons. A further search was conducted on the premises in their presence, and Police stumbled upon a black string tied to a board in the kitchen area.
It led to a beam under the house, and when ranks pulled at the said string, two bulky transparent plastic bags were discovered attached to the string. One of those bags contained a quantity of a whitish, rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine, while the other bag contained several brown paper parcels containing cannabis.

The two occupants of the home were told of the offence committed, and under caution, the female responded: “I selling da cocaine and weed because I sickly and I can’t work,” while the male said: “We hustling, and don’t do crime.”
The ranks carried out another search on the male, and found $14,080 in the right-side pocket of his pants, while a brown handbag that was on the female’s bed was found to contain $589,020.
The suspects were arrested and escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, where the suspected cocaine was weighed and amounted to 73 grams, while the suspected cannabis amounted to two grams.