A 23-year-old construction worker of Pigeon Island Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, was on Monday allegedly caught with a quantity of cannabis and methamphetamine by police ranks on patrol.

According to a police statement, the ranks were on the patrol in the vicinity of the Success Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara, around 19:20hrs, when they observed three men standing on the roadway.

On seeing the police vehicle, the men started running in an eastern direction. Ranks gave chase on foot and managed to apprehend the construction worker.

Ranks reportedly discovered 20 transparent zip lock bags containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis and 17 transparent zip lock bags containing a quantity of crystal-like substances suspected to be methamphetamine, in the haversack he had in his possession.

The man was then arrested and escorted to the Beterverwagting Police Station.

The suspected cannabis was weighed in his presence and amounted to 41.1 grams, while the suspected Methamphetamine amounted to 3.66 grams.

Investigations are ongoing.