POLICE have arrested a 19-year-old man from Albion after a shotgun, 18 cartridges and 25.3 grammes of suspected cannabis were found during an operation at Number One Road, Corentyne, Berbice, on Monday.
According to police, the discovery was made at about 10:40 hrs on October 12, when ranks, acting on information received, went to the area and observed four males in the company of two motorcycles.
One of the motorcycles bore registration number CS 7869, while the other was unregistered.
The ranks conducted searches and found a 12-gauge shotgun, along with 18 matching cartridges, in a black haversack carried by one of the males. Fifteen small zip-lock bags containing leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis were also found.
The suspected narcotic was weighed and amounted to 25.3 grammes.
Police said the 19-year-old man, who is from Albion, is in custody assisting with the investigation.