A labourer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was in the week hours of Saturday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of cannabis during a police operation.
Police stated that during a patrol, ranks observed a silver Toyota Allion motorcar bearing registration number, PNN 1705 with two male occupants proceeding in a western direction, during which the passenger sitting in the front seat was seen acting in a suspicious manner.
As a result, ranks instructed the driver to stop and both occupants exited the vehicle.
A search was conducted on the driver and the motorcar but nothing of evidential value was found.
A further search was conducted on the passenger, a 26-year-old Labourer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast during which ranks found a transparent plastic bag containing 16 Ziplock packets with cannabis in the left back pocket of his trousers.
The suspect and the suspected cannabis were escorted to the Anna Regina Police Station where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 35.8 grams.
He remains in custody pending charges.
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