A 37-year-old miner of Berbice was found with over 100 grams of cannabis in a black plastic bag stuffed in his crotch during a stop and search operation at Itaballi, Region Seven, on Thursday.

The miner has since been taken into custody and is assisting police with their investigation.
Police in Bartica also searched a passenger boat at the Bartica Stelling and unearthed over 400 grams of cannabis stashed in a hammock in a haversack that allegedly belonged to Lana Joshia, 32, a cook of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara.

She was charged and pleaded not guilty. She was remanded to prison until April 27, 2018.
Also on Thursday, police ranks stationed in Bartica conducted a search on a passenger boat at about 16:40 hours and found a black bag containing two transparent plastic bags with a quantity of tablets suspected to be ecstasy.

The tablets weighed 40 grams. No one was arrested.