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Officers of the South-Western Division (SWD) conducted two anti-crime operations in the districts of Siparia, Fyzabad, and Oropouche, resulting in multiple arrests and the seizure of over two kilogrammes of marijuana.

Around 1.30 p.m. on September 25, officers of the SWD Task Force were on mobile patrol when they received intelligence regarding suspected drug activity. The officers went to a bushy area approximately 200 feet off Quinam Road, Siparia, and saw a small shed near a farm where a man was seated. A search was conducted, and a bag containing four brown, rectangular plastic packets of cannabis was discovered.

The suspect, identified as a 33-year-old Venezuelan national residing in Penal, was arrested. The seized material weighed approximately 2,130 grammes. He was taken to the police station, and enquiries are continuing.