Police yesterday nabbed a man who was transporting over 16,000 grammes (564-plus ounces) of cannabis while his accomplice escaped by jumping into the Berbice River.
A report from the police stated that at about 06:35hrs yesterday, a rank from Central Police Station was at the Marine base at the New Amsterdam ferry stelling when he observed two men carrying two multi-coloured bags walking towards the ferry stelling. According to the rank, the men entered a passenger boat and were acting suspiciously. As such he approached them, identified himself as a police officer, and stated his wish to search their persons and the bags they were carrying. . One of the men reportedly said, “No problem, sir.”
The rank proceeded to search one of the bags, and there discovered four bulky parcels wrapped with transparent plastic bags containing a quantity of seeds, leaves and stems suspected to be cannabis.
He immediately informed them of the offence committed, and one of the suspects replied, “Officer, we can work out something.”
The other bag was also searched and seven bulky parcels wrapped with plastic containing a quantity of seeds, leaves and stems also suspected to be cannabis were discovered. At this point the officer attempted to arrest the suspects but one of the men jumped into the Berbice River and escaped.
However, the rank managed to arrest the other man, a 52-year-old resident of ‘C’ Field Squatting Area, Sophia, Georgetown. The man was subsequently escorted along with the suspected cannabis to Central Police Station.
