Venezuelan National busted with cocaine during Police roadblock in Bartica
Nabbed, Ulise Mijanes
Twenty-three-year-old Venezuelan national Ulise Mijanes was in the wee hours of Friday nabbed with three grams of cocaine during a police roadblock at One Mile Bartica Potaro Road, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni)
Police stated that on the day in question at about 1:30h, ranks intercepted a motor car bearing registration number PWW 1175 which at the time had two occupants – the driver and the Venezuelan national.
The cocaine that was discovered
At the time of the interception, the suspect was acting suspiciously. As such, a search was conducted on both the driver and Mijanes during which several pieces of whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine were found in his left side pants waist.
He was told of the offence committed but he remained silent. He was escorted to the Bartica Police Station where the narcotic was weighed and amounted to 3 grams.
Mijanes remains in custody and is expected to be charged in the new week.
