Two persons were held by the police and taken into custody after searches were conducted and they were found in possession of a quantity of cannabis.
A 69-year-old businessman of South Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara was arrested around 23:30 hrs on Friday after ranks of the Guyana Police Force conducted a search at his business place located at Takuba Backdam, Konawaruk River.
The police in a release said that acting on information received, ranks went to the suspect’s shop during which 410 grammes of cannabis were found.
In the other instance, a 60-year-old Prashad Nagar man was arrested after a search conducted at his house unearthed 52 pounds of compressed cannabis.
The police said that acting on information received, ranks from the Guyana Police Force carried out a search at the man’s house where they discovered 13 taped parcels of the illegal substance which weighed 24 kg.
