(Kaieteur News) – A 42-year-old labourer of Skyland Village, Moruca, is in police custody after cannabis was found on his person during a search along Kumaka Hospital Road, Region One.

According to a police statement, ranks conducting a mobile patrol in the Moruca area observed the man seated on an ATV and appearing to be under the influence of alcohol at around 18:20 hrs. on Monday. He was stopped and searched, during which a transparent plastic bag containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis was found concealed in the upper right pocket of his pants.

The man was arrested and taken, along with the suspected narcotics and the ATV, to the Acquero Police Station. There, the substance was weighed in his presence and amounted to 17.2 grams before being lodged as evidence.