Taxi driver caught at 'Ogle Airport' with ganja hidden in dog chow

Taxi driver caught at ‘Ogle Airport’ with ganja hidden in dog chow

Mar 03, 2025 News

Ganja hidden in dog-chow and Triskets Crackers.

Kaieteur News- A Bagotstown taxi driver was caught on Monday at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle East Coast Demerara (ECD) with over one kilo of ganja hidden in boxes of Triskits crackers and a bag of Purina Dog Chow.

Arrested Dequan Charles.

Police identified him as 27-year-old, Dequan Charles and said in a statement that he was arrested around 09:40 hrs. by two police ranks on duty at Jag’s Aviation Hanger.

Charles was at the airport with two boxes of Triskits crackers, one bag of Purina Dog Chow, and a bag of bird seeds when police inspected the cargo.

“Upon inspection, the Police ranks discovered three transparent plastic parcels and two Ziploc bags labelled ‘Snowman’ and ‘Lemonade’ within the boxes and dog chow, all containing leaves, seeds, and stems believed to be Cannabis”, police said.

Dequan has since told police that an individual named ‘Akeem’ had given him the packages to send on a plane to Kamarang, Region Seven. He remains in custody at Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Headquarters, Narcotic Branch, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

The drugs found weighed approximately 1.315 kilograms of cannabis.

Investigations are ongoing.

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