A FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD housewife of Old Housing Scheme, Bartica, was busted with a quantity cannabis and cocaine at her home on Saturday.

According to a press statement from the police, the woman was on the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s radar for quite some time.

Acting on intelligence, a group of officers commanded by a Sergeant, around 01:00h swooped down on the suspect’s home and conducted a search.

Several taped parcels, concealed inside a box and a bucket were found in her bedroom, with two thousand five hundred and fifty-five grams of cannabis and one thousand four hundred and fifty-one grams of cocaine.

The suspect, who told the lawmen that she was given the narcotics to keep, is assisting with the investigation.