52-year-old gold miner held with 110g cannabis at Bartica
Police arrested a 52-year-old gold miner at Five Miles Junction, Bartica after finding him with 110.6 grams of suspected cannabis. The cannabis was weighed in his presence at the Bartica Police Station, where he remained in custody pending investigation.
Police arrested a 52-year-old gold miner following the discovery of 110.6 grams
of suspected cannabis on September 25, 2026 at around 16:30h at Five Miles
Junction, Bartica.[1]Officers conducting mobile patrol duties in the Five
Miles area intercepted a motor vehicle at Five Miles Junction.[1]The vehicle
was occupied by a 32-year-old taxi driver and the gold miner, who was a
passenger.[1]
A search found the 52-year-old passenger with a black bulky parcel containing
three transparent parcels of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.[1]He was escorted to the Bartica Police Station with the suspected cannabis,
which was weighed in his presence and amounted to 110.6 grams.[1]The suspect
remained in police custody as investigations continued.[1]A second account
confirms police intercepted the motor vehicle at Five Miles Junction and
investigated the discovery of 110.6 grams of suspected cannabis at Bartica.[2]
Case data
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The submitted Guyana Chronicle page could not be read because it returned a Sucuri geo-block, so this report relies on the two accessible accounts of the same incident.
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