Two held at Mango Landing over suspected narcotics

Ranks from the Mango Landing Police Outpost in Region #8 conducted a raid  between 4.55 am and 5:30 am yesterday at the premises of Martin Graham Mittelholzer, a 39-year-old miner/shopowner and Dianne Abrams, a 39-year-old cook at Mango Landing, Potaro.

The ranks informed the duo of their intention to conduct a search for drugs, firearms and ammunition, to which they agreed. During the search, conducted in their presence, one of the ranks found a black bulky plastic bag behind a gas stove in the kitchen. The bag contained a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis, along with a quantity of cash (Guyana Currency).