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Four arrested in Berbice marijuana bust

 

By Clifford Stanley

RANKS of the Number 51 and Springlands police stations have arrested four men and impounded two vehicles following the discovery of nine kilogrammes of marijuana in their proximity during a joint mobile patrol Wednesday night.The find was made at an apparent drop-off site alongside the Number 65 Village Public Road, Region Six.

Reports indicate that the cops were on duty around 21: 00hrs when they received a report that some men in two vehicles had been seen acting in a suspicious manner near a derelict vehicle alongside the Number 65 Village Public Road.

The report stated that a man in a silver-grey Toyota 212 was seen taking out a bulky garbage bag from the trunk of the vehicle and placing it in the derelict vehicle.

A white Toyota Raum motorcar was also present at the scene and after depositing the garbage bag, the man re-entered the Toyota 212 and both vehicles drove off and parked some distance away.

Acting on the information , the policemen promptly approached the men in the two vehicles.

They found the bonnet of the Toyota 212 opened,suggesting that the car had broken down. They also saw a man who seemed to be trying to repair the vehicle.

When questioned, the four men denied any wrongdoing.

The policemen then tested the apparently under-repair-vehicle to see whether it had indeed broken down and found that it started without any difficulty.

This aroused their suspicion that something was amiss.

They searched the four men and the vehicles, but not having found anything incriminating, took the suspects to the derelict vehicle some distance away.

On searching the derelict vehicle, they found a garbage bag containing parcels of what they later determined to be compressed cannabis sativa (marijuana), weighing nine kilogrammes.

The four, including a father and a son were taken into custody while the Toyota 212 and the Raum were impounded.

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