A Port Mourant, Corentyne vendor was yesterday arrested after she was busted attempting to smuggle a quantity of suspected cannabis hidden in tennis rolls, into the New Amsterdam Prison.
The Guyana Prison Service in a statement said that the woman was busted just around midday yesterday.
The statement noted, “At the time the suspect was caught she had brought self support items for her relative… who is currently on remand at the New Amsterdam Prison for murder”.
The statement said that during a search of the items at the self support office, Principal Prison Officer II, N. Haynes unearthed from several tennis rolls “some small transparent plastic bags which contained the prohibited items”.
The items were weighed and amounted to 11 grams of suspected cannabis.
Stabroek News was told that the suspect was handed over to the police and an investigation has since been launched.
