A 29-year-old man who was wanted by Police for theft was on Thursday arrested outside Lambada Sports Bar, at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), with 34 grams of cannabis in his possession.
Upon questioning, the man told the Police he intended to sell the cannabis to support his family.
Ishmael Junior of Bagotstown, EBD, was arrested by Police ranks on mobile patrol duties in the Providence Station district.
According to the Police, while patrolling along Providence’s main access road and in the vicinity of Lambada Sports Bar, they observed a man standing near the bar and facing south.
“The ranks recognised him as someone whom the Police were looking for in relation to a larceny report. As such, the patrol vehicle stopped, and ranks approached him, identified themselves, and asked him to identify himself, which he did as Ishmael Junior,” a release from the Police stated.
One of the ranks then told the suspect that he was wanted by the Police in relation to an ongoing investigation.
Police conducted a search on his person and found the ganja in the left pocket of his pants. When cautioned by the Police, he blurted out: “Officer, I just buy an ounce weed fa $5000 because I is a chain smoker and I just decide fa sell a couple pack because I got me children dem fa look after.”
He was subsequently arrested and escorted to Providence Police Station where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 34 grams. Investigations are continuing.
