Police ranks from Regional Division #5, at about 12:00hrs today acted on information received and made a major drug bust where 52,617 grams of suspected cannabis was found and one person arrested.
The police ranks, acting on the information received, went to an area on the left bank of the Abary River (about 40 miles in from the public road).
A release from the police said that on arrival at the area, the ranks saw a two-storey wooden and concrete house on a plot of land. The ranks also met a 23-year-old labourer from Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice.
A search was conducted in the house where four salt bags were found in a room in the lower flat. The bags were checked and it contained 31 wrapped parcels, all containing leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The labourer was told of the offence, arrested and cautioned. He said the place belongs to ‘Jah Jah’ and that he is just the caretaker.
The police say that the labourer and the suspected cannabis were escorted to Weldaad Police Station, where the suspected cannabis was weighed and it amounted to *52,617 grams*.
Same was sealed and lodge and the suspect was placed in custody.
Checks are presently being made for the owner of the house where the narcotics was found.
Statements were obtained by the police as investigations continue.
