The police on Sunday found a total of 44 pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of $6.6 million in a car that was abandoned on the eastern side of the Wismar Bridge, at Linden, after the occupants fled the moving vehicle as law enforcers approached.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday reported that it is now searching for two identifiable men in connection with the discovery.
According to the police, acting on information, a party of policemen went to the eastern side of the bridge around 9.40 pm and the silver grey car with registration number PWW 9605 was spotted in the line of traffic.
Upon seeing the ranks approaching, the police said, the driver and the other male in the car exited and they fled into the thick vegetation south of the Wismar Bridge. The ranks gave chase while a policeman managed to stop the car, which was still in drive mode.
Despite efforts by police to apprehend the suspects, the men made good their escape.
The car was escorted to the Mackenzie Police Station, where it was searched and six bulky transparent plastic parcels, containing leaves, seeds and stems, were found in the trunk.
The cannabis was weighed and it amounted to 20 kilos, which is equivalent to 44 pounds. The estimated street value for the cannabis was given as $6,600,000.
Meanwhile, around 11.10 pm, the police visited a location at One Mile, Wismar, Linden to make checks for one of the suspects. “On arrival there, contact was made with the suspect’s brother and police requested to conduct a search on his person. He violently pushed the policeman away, causing him to fall to the ground where he received injuries to his left hand in the region of his elbow,” the police said.
As a result, other ranks went to the sergeant’s assistance but the man allegedly assaulted them in the process of being arrested.
The police said they eventually managed to subdue him and he was arrested and escorted to the Mackenzie Police Station.
The sergeant and two other ranks sought medical attention at the Linden Hospital Complex.
