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.