A 30-year-old porter of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is in police custody after suspected cocaine and ecstasy were discovered during a stop-and-search operation at the Sherima Police Checkpoint on Sunday morning.

The discovery was made around 10:09 hrs on March 1, 2026, when ranks stopped a motor lorry en route to Puruni Landing and conducted a search of the vehicle. During the search, a shopping bag was found in the passenger-side storage compartment containing a Milo tin and a Nestum tin.

Inside the tins were two transparent bags with whitish rock-like substances suspected to be cocaine, along with a quantity of suspected ecstasy pills.

The suspect was arrested and escorted to the Bartica Police Station along with the suspected narcotics. The cocaine was weighed in his presence and amounted to 56 grams, while the suspected ecstasy weighed 98.91 grams before being lodged.

The porter remains in custody as investigations continue.