Bartica businessman held over cocaine

The items seized during the cordon and search (Police photo)

Police in Regional Division #7 conducted a ‘Cordon and Search’ exercise on Monday at the Bartica Market/Arcade, during which two persons were arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana.

A statement from the police said that ranks visited and searched the home of Edwin Myles, aka ‘Junior’, a 27-year-old businessman on Fifth Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo River, during which they found a transparent plastic bag with a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine on top of a wardrobe in the bedroom.