Three men are now in police custody after police uncovered a large quantity of cannabis seeds and shotgun shells at Moraballi Creek, Essequibo River yesterday.
The suspects have only been identified as two 23-year-olds and a 25-year-old.
Police stumbled upon the men during a patrol at Creek. A search was conducted on the persons and their belongings but nothing illegal was found.
The trio was questioned and escorted to their camp where a search was conducted in their presence and one yellow bucket containing a quantity of cannabis seeds and a transparent plastic bottle with six live 12-gauge cartridges was found.
They were told of the offence, arrested, and later escorted to the Bartica Police Station where the cannabis seeds were weighed and amounted to 1309 grams.
