IN a proactive security operation, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) carried out a ‘cordon and search’ exercise on Friday between 16:30 and 17:40hrs in the areas of Barnwell Boulevard, Mocha, and Barnwell North Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

The operation targeted wanted persons, narcotics, arms and ammunition, and stolen items.

During the exercise, police officers discovered a Black Hajue motorcycle, bearing registration number CL 2373, abandoned inside an incomplete building on Barnwell Boulevard, Mocha.

The site was photographed, and the motorcycle was removed and transported to the Farm/Herstelling Police Station.

Additionally, at a residence in Barnwell North Mocha, a 14-year-old female juvenile of mixed ancestry was found hiding with an 18-year-old male, also of mixed ancestry.

Both were escorted to the Farm/Herstelling Police Station.

The Regional Division 4B Gender-Based Violence Unit was notified, and the male was placed in custody, while the female was sent to the Children and Family Centre in Plum Park, Sophia, Greater Georgetown.