Police in Regional Division One (Barima-Waini) on Friday arrested a businessman who was found in possession of a quantity of marijuana.
Based on police reports, an Assistant Superintendent and a team of Police ranks were on foot patrol duty Friday afternoon at the Port Kaituma Waterfront, North West District (NWD), when they observed the businessman, 58-year-old Robin Madison, acting in a suspicious manner.
The ranks informed Madison of their suspicion, and they asked to conduct a search on his person for narcotics. Madison consented to the search, during which the ranks found a quantity of seeds, leaves and stems suspected to be Cannabis in his left hand.
Madison was informed about the offence committed and cautioned, and he responded: “Is me weed for smoking”.
He was arrested and taken to the Port Kaituma Police Station, where the suspected narcotic was weighed and amounted to 2.1 grams.
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