Police yesterday busted a 29-year-old man with 335.9 grammes of cannabis at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling.
According to a release from the force at about 10:20 hours ranks acting on a tip visited the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling where they saw Christopher Layne, a chainsaw operator of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, seated in the front passenger seat of a minibus, with a green haversack on his shoulder. Layne was informed by the ranks of the information received and a search was requested to be carried out on him by the ranks, to which he agreed.
During the search of the man’s haversack, a black bulky plastic bag with a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis was found. He was told of the offence committed, arrested and escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station where the suspected narcotics was weighed and amounted to 335.9 grammes. Layne is currently in custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station and charges are expected to be laid soon.
