Police from the Timehri Station Wednesday morning intercepted a automobile with 100 lbs of suspected ganja being led on a excessive pace chase.
One man is in custody however the driver escaped.
In an announcement, Police Headquarters stated that that at about 2.45 hrs Wednesday, ranks from the Timehri Station have been conducting a ‘roadblock train’ on the general public highway within the neighborhood of Pearl, East Financial institution Demerara, after they noticed a motor automotive, PAC 7539 approaching, heading north alongside Pearl public highway.
Ranks noticed that the automobile slowed down, pulled over to the western aspect of the highway after which made a sudden U-turn and sped away.
The ranks entered a Drive motorcar and gave chase. Whereas within the neighborhood of the Coverden Public Highway, East Financial institution Demerara, the automobile pulled over to the jap aspect of the Coverden
Public Highway, and the motive force exited the motorcar and fled into close by bushes.
One other man, a 30-year-old from Parika, who remained seated within the automotive, gave his identify and particulars to the Police. The automobile was searched by the ranks, within the presence of the 30-year-old man, and Police discovered 5 massive, cumbersome, clear luggage together with two black cumbersome plastic luggage — which contained a amount of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be hashish.
One of many ranks advised him of the offences dedicated, and he was cautioned, to which he replied: “Officer, duh is Fatman weed, I simply deh with he as a result of I getting some points with my youngster mom.”
He was arrested and escorted to the Timehri Police Station, throughout which the suspected medicine have been weighed in his presence and amounted to roughly 100 kilos.
The suspected marijuana was photographed, marked, sealed and lodged, and the automobile was impounded. Investigations proceed.
