TWO Constables and a mason, on Wednesday, appeared in Cove and John Magistrate’s Court on possession of narcotics and ammunition charges and were remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

According to a police statement, 29-year-old Albert Beresford who is stationed at the Clonbrook Police Station, 22-year-old Julius Cambridge who is stationed at Cane Grove Outpost and 32-year-old Sheldon Benjamin, a mason of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to the joint charges. They will make their second court appearance on February 28.

On January 16, ranks intercepted a Premio motor car being driven by Constable Beresford and occupied by Constable Cambridge and the mason. Due to suspicious behaviour, the occupants along with the car were searched.

A grey and black travelling bag containing two parcels and a container with leaves, seeds and stems, suspected to be cannabis, were reportedly found.

Ranks reportedly found another container in the bag with several parcels of rocklike substances, suspected to be cocaine.

After the suspects were arrested and escorted to the station, the suspected cocaine was weighed and amounted to 170 grammes, while the suspected cannabis was weighed and amounted to 9,430 grammes.

According to the police, a more thorough search of the motor vehicle resulted in the discovery of two .38, two .40 and eleven 9mm rounds of ammunition.