Man held with ganja at Ogle airport

A man was on Saturday arrested after a quantity of marijuana was found in his baggage as he was preparing to leave the Ogle Airport on an Imbaimadai bound flight.

Police said on Saturday that around 12:20 hrs ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch at the Ogle Airport conducted a search on the baggage of the man during which 502 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) were found.

Meanwhile, another man was arrested after a quantity of cocaine and marijuana was found in a house located at Grove Squatting area, East Bank Demerara.

According to a police release 4.6 grammes of cocaine and 50.8 grammes of marijuana were found during the police search.