POLICE in Regional Division Six are investigating the discovery of more than 1.5 kilograms of suspected cannabis during an intelligence-led operation at Number 77 Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice, which resulted in the arrest of a 31-year-old woman.

According to a Police release, the operation was conducted around 10:00hrs on Sunday, November 23, 2025.

Ranks searched an abandoned house lot located just south of the woman’s home and discovered a grey jumbo garbage bag containing two transparent plastic wraps and a white paint bucket. All three containers held quantities of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.

The woman, a cook from the same community, was arrested and taken to the Springlands Police Station along with the suspected narcotics.

“At the station, the suspected cannabis was weighed in her presence and amounted to 1.585 kilograms,” the Police confirmed.

The items were processed and lodged as investigations continue.