Construction worker arrested with cannabis

The seized cannabis

A 27-year-old construction worker was on Monday arrested with 3.563 grammes of cannabis during a police roadblock on the Helena Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

According to the police, on Monday between 16:00 and 17:20 hrs, a party of police conducting the roadblock exercise stopped minibus # BAC 6035 and observed a passenger, who was holding a camouflage haversack, acting in a suspicious manner.