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Berbice police nab another drug dealer
The police in Berbice, in their quest to eliminate drug use and abuse, on Tuesday nabbed another drug dealer who is expected to be charged shortly.
Andrew Simon
According to information, around 15:00 hrs on Tuesday the police on West Berbice were conducting anti-crime duties including a stop and search exercise. They stopped and searched a white Fielder Wagon, PRR 2749, driven by Graham Fraser, 55, with a number of occupants, among them, Keron Thompson, 32, a cash crop Farmer of Lot 156 No 22, Bel Air West Coast Berbice.
Thompson who was sitting in the front passenger seat had a black and red haversack in his possession. When the contents were checked a plastic wrapped parcel was seen and on opening it, a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be Cannabis was found inside.
The man was cautioned, arrested and taken to the Fort Wellington Police Station where the suspected cannabis was tested and weighed in his presence and amounted to 699 grams.
Thompson told investigators that he purchased the commodity in New Amsterdam. He is in custody and is expected to be charged shortly.
Meanwhile, a New Amsterdam man was on Tuesday remanded to jail by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before her in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court, on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Andrew Simon, 18, of 46 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam was nabbed with 814 grams of marijuana around 11:00 hrs on Tuesday. According to Prosecutor Sergeant Phillip Sheriff, the police were on mobile patrol in the Vryman’s Erven area when they noticed Simon acting in a suspicious manner.
He was stopped and searched, but nothing incriminating was found on his person. However, the cops proceeded to search a haversack he had on his back and concealed inside was 814 grams of the prohibited substance.
He was arrested, told of the offence and charged.
He will have to make his next court appearance on April 2.
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