Today, between 16:10 and 17:00 hrs, a police team led by Assistant Superintendent M.Singh, acting on intelligence received, visited the home of Debbie Atwell, a 56-year-old unemployed woman of Lot 86 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara, where a search warrant was executed for narcotics.
Debbie Atwell is reportedly the mother of Melissa Atwell, popularly known as “Melly Mel”, a social media influencer and activist.
While a search was conducted in the yard, police ranks observed a black plastic bag containing a transparent plastic (ziplock) bag, which had a quantity of suspected cannabis, over the back concrete fence in the alleyway (next to some banana trees).
The suspected cannabis was thereafter retrieved and taken to the Providence Police Station, where it was weighed and amounted to 27 grams.
Additionally, the suspected cannabis is being processed for fingerprints. Investigations are continuing.