Bath Settlement man held over ganja

On Friday 19th April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation in the vicinity of North Road and Bourda Market, where they intercepted a male carrying a white bulky plastic bag.

A subsequent search of the bag revealed several transparent Ziploc bags containing a quantity of suspected cannabis, a release from CANU said.

 

Lochan Beharry, age 41 years old, who is a vendor of  Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, was escorted to CANU’s Headquarters with the suspected narcotic, which tested positive for cannabis and weighed 282 grammes.

 

Investigations are ongoing.