A 23-year-old hire car driver of East Canje, Berbice was on Saturday (January 06) arrested at Weldaad Back Street, West Coast Berbice after the vehicle he was driving was found with thirteen thousand eight hundred grams of compressed cannabis.
A party of police commanded by an Assistant Superintendent were conducting a routine stop and search operation in the vicinity of the Weldaad Police Station when they observed a motorcar which was proceeding west along the southern carriageway of the road, as the car approached the lawmen the driver suddenly diverted north into the Weldaad Back Street.
The vehicle was immediately pursued and detained; a search revealed seventeen taped parcels containing the illegal substance. The driver is cooperating with investigators and is expected to appear in court tomorrow to be charged with possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.