Security guard and bicycle repairman arrested with marijuana at Bourda

Two men were arrested on Tuesday after police seized approximately four kilograms of narcotics at an abandoned structure in Bourda, Georgetown.

At around 17:40 hrs, police ranks from Regional Division #4 acted on intelligence and proceeded to the Vendors Arcade at Bourda, where they discovered two men in a concrete building.

The individuals were identified as Gary Hartman, a 51-year-old bicycle repairman with no fixed address, and Neville Roberts, a 64-year-old security guard from New Amsterdam.

The police officers, who were in plain clothes, identified themselves to the men by showing their police identification cards and informed them of the information they had received. A subsequent search of the men revealed no illegal items on their persons.

However, the officers continued their search around the premises, where they found a multi-coloured shopping bag outside the building. Inside the bag were two bulky transparent parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be narcotics.

When questioned about the narcotics, both men were initially asked for an explanation. Under caution, Roberts admitted that the drugs belonged to him and stated that he had brought them from Berbice to sell. As a result, both Roberts and Hartman were arrested and escorted to the Narcotics Branch.

The suspected narcotics were weighed in the presence of the suspects, and it was confirmed that the total weight amounted to 4 kilograms. Both men remain in police custody and are assisting with the ongoing investigation. Authorities are continuing to probe the case as they work to determine the full extent of the drug operation.