POLICE in Bartica yesterday morning unearthed a quantity of cannabis sativa (marijuana) from a passenger at the Bartica Stelling.
At about 10:00 hrs, a party of policemen were conducting regular monitoring exercise when they made the drug find.

The Police reported that a passenger speed boat arrived at the Stelling and as passengers were disembarking, a male passenger was reminded by another that he was leaving his bag behind.

There, the man claimed that the bag was not his when he spotted the police and was detained.

The police then opened the bag to view its contents and found 400 grammes of cannabis sativa.

However, passengers in the boat told the police that the man arrived with the bag and boarded the boat for the journey to Bartica but disowned it when he saw the police, and panicked.

He is in police custody assisting with investigations.

Suspect in Cool Square murder to appear in court today.

The Police yesterday indicated that intensive investigations have led to the arrest of a suspect in the armed robbery committed on the

Cool Square Restaurant and Bar, West Ruimveldt, on March 03, 2010, during which overseas-based Guyanese Rawle Harding was shot and killed.

The Police said the suspect has been identified as one of the perpetrators and will appear in court today.