Lima man charged over cocaine

...after bag thrown from car

The cocaine retrieved by the police (Police photo)
The cocaine retrieved by the police (Police photo)

Police ranks in Region No. 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) acting on information received, yesterday at about 13:20hrs intercepted a motorcar at Charity, Essequibo Coast but seconds after, the vehicle sped away and the driver disposed of a bag through the front passenger side window.

A statement from the police today said that the bag was retrieved and the ranks pursued and arrested the driver a short distance away and upon examination of the bag in his presence, found same to contain two parcels of suspected cocaine which when weighed amounted to 2.5 kilograms.

The police say that the suspect Dwayne Gildharie, 40, of Lima, Essequibo Coast, appeared today at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court charged with Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking; he pleaded not guilty and was remanded to Prison until January 7, 2020.