A 56-year-old taxi driver is now in police custody after he was allegedly found with 64 pounds of suspected cannabis at a police roadblock on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

The police said in a press release that around 06:30hrs on Monday, police ranks were conducting a roadblock exercise in the vicinity of the Highway Patrol Base when they stopped a silver-coloured Toyota Premio motor car # PAC 1266 which was being driven by Linden Solomon, a resident of Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden.

As a result, the driver was informed by ranks that they would like to conduct a search on the said motor vehicle and he consented.

“Upon doing so, the ranks found one black plastic bag containing three large transparent parcels which contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems; another black plastic bag containing four large transparent parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems, and one grey duffle bag containing three large transparent parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems all suspected to be cannabis,” the press release stated.

As such, the suspect was told of the offence committed. He was then arrested and escorted to the Timehri Police Station where the suspected cannabis was weighed in his presence and it amounted to 64 pounds.

Thereafter, the suspect was escorted to the Regional Police Divisional Headquarters 4B for further investigations to be carried out.