A cordon and search exercise conducted by police ranks from Regional Division 4 ‘C’ in Mon Repos, yesterday turned up a haul of 144 grammes of cannabis.
Between 11.30 hours and 12.00 hours, the police visited a house at 3rd Street, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. There they observed a man on a bench outside who identified himself as a 26-year-old painter. The search was conducted in and around the premises, but nothing illegal was found.