Police have arrested a 38-year-old field supervisor of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice following the discovery of 92 lbs or 41.768 kgs of cannabis.
In custody is Ramlall Ramdihal called ‘Jack’. Police Headquarters reported that Ramdihal was found inside his car, PVV 1495, which was parked on the southern side of Now or Never Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara at around 20:30 hrs on Thursday.
He was questioned and could not provide a reasonable answer for being there, the police said, noting that the ranks then conducted a search of the vehicle in his presence and found three bulky white salt bags in the car trunk. The bags contained parcels wrapped with suspected cannabis.
Ramdihal was told of the offence committed, arrested and cautioned. He claimed that he was told to pick up the three bags at No. 30 Village and take them to Georgetown where he will be paid. However, he refused to disclose who he collected the bags from, according to the police report.
