At about 12:40 hours yesterday, Police ranks were carrying out a ‘stop and search’ exercise on the Bamia Highway when one of the ranks stopped a Route 94 (Georgetown-Lethem) motor bus #BAE 5113.
The bus was transporting eight passengers and was heading to George-town. The driver and the eight passengers were told to exit the vehicle so that searches could be conducted, a statement from the police said yesterday.
Delon Oliver Vanderstoop, a 27-year-old construction worker of Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, was seated on the front passenger’s seat, and he had in his possession a bulky haversack.
Police conducted a search of the haversack and found inside a pink plastic bag containing two large rock-like substances suspected to be cocaine, concealed under some clothes.
Vanderstoop was told of the offence committed and cautioned but remained silent. He was arrested and escorted to the Mackenzie Police Station, where the suspected cocaine was weighed in his presence, and it amounted to 1,927.77 grams.
The suspected cocaine was photographed, mark-ed, sealed and lodged. Vanderstoop was placed in custody pending charges.
