Police ranks in Regional Division 4’B’ confiscated over five pounds of cannabis on Thursday during an operation at Swan Village on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
The ranks attached to the Timehri Police Station were at the time conducting raid exercises in several villages on the Highway.
When they visited Swan Village, a search was conducted in some bushes in the vicinity of Marudi Creek.
During the search, the ranks unearthed three black plastic bags, all containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The police said the narcotic was taken to the Timehri Police Station, where it was weighed and amounted to 2.453 kilogrammes.
No one was arrested.
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