A HUSBAND and wife have been charged and will appear at the Providence Magistrate’s Court today after police found a parcel containing 134 grammes of cannabis concealed inside of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe.

Police in a press statement stated, that acting on information received whilst on a mobile patrol in the Diamond, East Bank Demerara community on Wednesday night, ranks commanded by a Gazetted officer went to the home of Sherwin Alexander, 38, a grocer of 382 Golden Grove East Bank Demerara and conducted a search in the presence of his 44-year-old wife, Patricia Renee.
According to the police during the process they found a parcel containing the cannabis concealed inside a PVC pipe.

Meanwhile, police ranks in ‘E’ Division were conducting a mobile patrol on an All-terrain Vehicle (ATV) along the Mabura trail about 14:15hrs on Thursday, when a man who was approaching on a motorcycle from the opposite direction upon seeing them dropped a taped parcel, turned around and sped away.
The parcel was retrieved and was found to have contained a 9mm Taurus Pistol with four live matching rounds.
The suspect was pursued but managed to escape the lawmen, however, the weapon was lodged as investigations continue.