A 21-year-old man was yesterday morning taken into custody after he was allegedly found at the Alpha Hotel, at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, with 80 cocaine-filled pellets, which are believed to have been intended for a drug mule.
Sunday Stabroek was reliably informed that the pellets, which amounted to 900 grammes, were unearthed during an operation undertaken by ranks of the Police Narcotics branch around 9 am.
At the time of the discovery, the suspect, who hails from Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, was occupying a room of the hotel.
It is suspected that the pellets were meant to be swallowed by an individual destined to depart on an international flight at one local airports.
Additional information, this newspaper was told, led the ranks to another East Coast location, where an unlicensed firearm with ammunition were found. Two persons were then taken into custody and another is being sought.
