A woman was arrested on Saturday after police received reports of shots being fired and subsequently found a small quantity of marijuana at her Anna Catherina, Side Line Dam, West Coast Demerara, home
The incident occurred at around 16:00h. Her 37-year-old husband, who was the one discharging gunshots, has gone into hiding.
Acting on information received that a male was discharging several rounds in the air with a handgun at the said location, police say ranks from the Leonora Police Station visited the Anna Catherina residence, where they made contact with a 41-year-old woman, and informed her that they received information that her husband was discharging a loaded firearm behind their home. The woman informed the ranks that the suspect was not at home.
However, a search was then conducted on the premises during which the .32 spent shell was found. A further search by ranks unearthed a transparent zip lock plastic bag containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The woman was then told of the offences and under caution, she replied saying, “that is my husband thing he does smoke weed and he put it deh.”
Nonetheless, the woman was arrested and escorted to the Leonora Police Station, where the suspected cannabis was weighed and amounted to 2 grams.
Both the spent shell and cannabis were lodged.
Checks made for the 37 year-old male suspect proved unsuccessful.
The woman remains in custody as investigations continue.
