Ganja found in motor car at Parika 

Officers from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found two parcels containing cannabis in a motor car that was near the Mikey Restaurant at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

A CANU release noted that the officers intercepted the vehicle on Friday, acting on information received. When the vehicle was searched, two parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis were found.

The suspect in the vehicle was then arrested and taken to CANU’s headquarters along with the suspected narcotics. The items in the parcels were positively identified as cannabis later; the cannabis amounted to 1.034 kilogrammes (or about 2.23 pounds).

CANU said investigations are ongoing.