ACTING on information, police ranks from Regional Division Three, on Wednesday, busted a 29-year-old chainsaw operator with 335.9 grams of cannabis at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling.

According to information from the police, the officers visited the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling around 10:20 hours, when they saw the 29-year-old man, Christopher Layne, of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, seated in the front passenger seat of a minibus, with a green haversack on his shoulder.

Layne was then told of the information received, and a search was requested to be carried out on him by the ranks, to which he agreed.

During the search of the man’s haversack, a black bulky plastic bag with a number of leaves, seeds, and stem suspected to be cannabis was found.

Layne was told of the offence committed, arrested, and escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, where the suspected narcotics were weighed and amounted to 335.9 grams.

The 29-year-old man is slated to be charged. He is presently in custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station.