TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD mason, Kevin James of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara was yesterday granted bail when he appeared in a Berbice court charged for ganga possession.

The police had, on the previous day at about 13:00 hrs, discovered what appeared to be seeds, leaves and stems of the marijuana plant at the Lot 3-30 Bush Lot, Corentyne Berbice home of Suberna Ishmael, where the man was staying with his daughter and another person when they conducted a search at the premises for stolen items and marijuana, after acting on intelligence.

The police were investigating reports that stolen items had been stashed at the home and that occupants of the home had narcotics in their possession.

On arrival at the home, the police found Kevin James at the premises with his daughter, Nafeeza Matterson; and during their search, the police stumbled on a silver coloured handbag under a bed and questioned to whom it belonged. James responded that the bag was his, and the police carried out a search of the bag in his presence, unearthing a black plastic bag containing nine Ziplock transparent plastic bags each having parcels of seeds, leaves and stems suspected to be cannabis sativa.

The police confiscated the items and took the three persons into custody; and when the items were weighed in their presence, it amounted to 200 grammes.