MELVINIA Devonshire, aged 69, was yesterday arrested while attempting to hide a quantity of weed inside her mattress when, acting on a tip-off, the police swooped down on her home.
Reports are that the police received information that the home, located at Lot 13 Hibiscus Housing Scheme, Brandenburg, West Coast Demerara, is owned by Devonshire.The woman, a housewife, was caught red-handed by the police attempting to conceal the illegal substance inside her mattress after having placed it into a Ziploc bag.
Persons close to the investigation revealed that when the cops swooped down on the house, the woman’s 40-year- old son, Telbert Devonshire, a miner, jumped through a window and attempted to flee.
In the process, the ranks observed that the man had in his possession a bag containing a substance but he tossed the bag into a nearby trench which is located behind the house. The police however managed to recover the parcel and upon examining it, found that the parcel contained marijuana.
It was while the police were busy trying to track down the fleeing man that his mother used the opportunity to “stash” the remaining amount of weed that was left in the house, inside her mattress when she was held by the ranks.
The two separate parcels of marijuana were tested and weighed by the police and amounted to 639 grams. Meanwhile, three other persons who were at the house during the raid were also taken into police custody but were later released.
They were identified as Aderia Trim, a 19- year- old student; Tessa Devonshire, a 38-year-old caterer who was identified as Devonshire’s daughter; and Derrick Roberts, a 46-year-old miner who is said to be the pensioner’s nephew.
The woman and her son are expected to be charged with possession of narcotics, and placed before the courts shortly.

 
By Leroy Smith