Miner held at Skull Mountain over cocaine

The suspect cocaine that was found by the police.

A 63-year-old miner was taken into custody on Tuesday morning following the discovery of a quantity of suspected cocaine at Skull Mountain, Arakaka, North West District.

The police in a press release yesterday said that the discovery was made by ranks of Region One (Barima Waini) sometime between 4.30am and 6am.

The substance was weighed and amounted to 164.5 grams.