Trio nabbed with ganja during Police operation at Friendship
The three men in Police custody
Three men are now in Police custody following the discovery of 450 grams of cannabis in a house at Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Thursday.
Based on reports received, Police, acting on intelligence received, went to the house, situated along the public road, and made contact with 56-year-old Richard Charles, who claimed to be the owner of the house.
The ranks informed Charles of their reason for being there, and requested permission to conduct a search on the premises.
The ranks observed two other men, who identified themselves as John D’Ornellas, a 28-year-old vendor of Block X, Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, and Jerome Bernard, 42, a labourer of ‘C’ Field, South Sophia, on the premises.
Permission was given to search the house, and during that search, ranks unearthed a transparent parcel containing a quantity of ganja under a bed in one of the bedrooms.
Upon being questioned, Charles claimed that the two other men were occupying the bedroom in which the cannabis was found.
They were all arrested and escorted to the Diamond Police Station, where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 450 grams.
Investigations are ongoing.
