At about 17:10hrs on Friday, Police ranks acting on intelligence went to Lot 8 Savannah Park, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, to search the home of Tiequan Hartman, called ‘Tooke’, a 20-year-old labourer, for stolen articles.
A statement from the police said that on arrival at Hartman’s home, they observed that he lived in a ‘range house’, comprised of four different apartments in a fenced yard.
During the search of the home of Hartman, Police found a transparent plastic containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. Hartman told the police that the marijuana was not his but belonged to his father.
Further searches were conducted in the backyard, during which Police found seven transparent zip-lock bags of Cannabis. The police said that Hartman was told of the offence, cautioned and arrested.
A further search was conducted in the yard and at the home of Hartman’s neighbour Akeem Bovell, age 24, during which Police observed a rope about three feet in length on the galvanized fence in the back yard. One of the ranks pulled the rope, which was partly hanging over Bovell’s fence, and a multi-coloured handbag with the rope tied on both handbag handles was observed.
Police took possession of the bag and, when opened in the presence of Bovell, it contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis and a .22 pistol, the statement said.
