A policeman was arrested on Friday 13 July 2018 after he was allegedly caught with 21 kilogrammes of marijuana in the car he was driving, the Guyana Police Force said.[1] The policeman was driving a vehicle that was heading to Georgetown when he was intercepted on Cove and John Public Road on the East Coast Demerara at about 9 o’clock in the morning.[1]

The force said the arrest came from intensified collaborative intelligence between anti-narcotics police and its East Coast Demerara division.[1] The officer was attached to Force Headquarters for trafficking in narcotics work.[1] Investigators said the marijuana was packed in several taped parcels.[1]