INFORMATION reaching the Chronicle detailed that, at approximately 11:15hrs yesterday, Collin Downes of Lot 14 D’Urban Street, Lodge was getting ready to ship some foodstuff to an interior location on a domestic flight via the Ogle Airport when what is suspected to be cannabis sativa was discovered in the cargo.
Police sources said the foodstuff was about to be loaded on a flight to Kaikan when ranks from the Police Narcotics Branch conducted an inspection of the items and found 280 grammes of the leaves, seeds and stems of a plant suspected to be cannabis sativa concealed in a 10kg bag of rice.

The Police promptly took the man into custody as he was present at the airport and able to witness the inspection of the items. He continues to assist the Police with their investigations.

And Police conducted an unrelated search on a house at Lot 15 Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown and unearthed 25 grammes of illegal substance suspected to be cannabis, concealed in a small handbag in a bedroom which is usually occupied by one Nadira Persaud. The handbag was also said to belong to Nadira Persaud.

The 30-year-old woman was at home at the time of the search, and was promptly arrested by the police. She was, up to late on Saturday evening, in custody of the police, assisting with the investigations.

This newspaper has learnt that the police were able to make the discoveries and arrests based on intelligence.

Over the past year and a half, the Guyana Police Force has upped it game in the area of intelligence gathering, and this has been affording them success in their operations. Moreover, those investigations have also led them to build some strong cases which are now before the courts.