Days after unearthing foreign marijuana along with firearms and ammunition in a barrel from the US, local authorities have again intercepted two other barrels containing almost four kilograms (kg) of cannabis and more weapons.

These discoveries were made by Customs Officers attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in two separate operations.

On Thursday, the GRA and CANU officers, acting on information received, searched an incoming barrel from the US, during which they found several transparent parcels containing a quantity of foreign cannabis that later weighed 1.882 kg, as well as two pistols along with seven live 9mm rounds and two 9mm shell casings.