Three men were on Tuesday busted in Lethem with 48 grammes of cannabis by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in an operation aimed at combating narco-trafficking within various communities, including schools, the agency said.
Those arrested are 21-year-old Jason Clement and 24-year-old Leylon Winter, both of Tabatinga, Central Rupununi and Neil Ross, 37, of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara.
In a brief statement yesterday, the drug enforcement agency said during the operations in Tabatinga, Central Rupununi, the men were busted with 31 small Ziplock bags weighing a total of 48 grammes.
CANU said the narcotic was tested and the result proved it was cannabis.
On Tuesday, the agency reported another bust involving three persons.
Those men were identified as 21-year-old Mark Opie, 23-year-old John Lee Edmond and 23-year-old Okemmey Jervis all of Tabatinga. They were busted with 260 grammes of cannabis.
Investigations are ongoing in both cases and the men are currently in custody at the Lethem Police Station.
According to reports, during an outreach in Karasabai village in South Rupununi, Regional Division Nine Commander, Superintendent Raphael Rose was informed of an incident of a student being caught with the illegal drug. A similar incident was reported in Annai as well. The authorities have since been trying to target the persons behind the trade.
