Acting on information received, a party of policemen in Regional Division #9 went to a house at Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi where two males and a female were contacted. During a search of the premises, a scale and a quantity of ziplock bags with drugs were found.
When questioned, they told police that they sell ‘aji’ [monosodium glutamate]. However, a further search of the yard unearthed a plastic bag containing several small ziplock bags which had a quantity of cannabis seeds, leaves and stems underneath a tree.
Eight small plastics containing a creamish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine were also found.
The three occupants were arrested and taken to the Lethem Police Station where the cannabis sativa and cocaine were weighed and amounted to 34 grams and three grams respectively.
They remain in custody pending charges.
