Two arrested after CANU finds 9.4 kg of cannabis in car on Vlissengen Road
Two men were arrested on Vlissengen Road in Georgetown on 17 May 2025 after CANU officers intercepted their car and found parcels of cannabis weighing 9.426 kilograms. Both were taken to CANU headquarters and no charges were reported.
Two men travelling in a car along Vlissengen Road in Georgetown were arrested
after 9.4 kilogrammes of cannabis was found inside the vehicle.[1]Officers of
the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), Guyana’s anti-drug agency, intercepted
the motor car during an operation on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, on Saturday 17
May 2025.[2]CANU said its officers had acted on information received before
carrying out the operation.[1]
A search of the vehicle found several parcels containing leaves, seeds and stems
suspected to be cannabis.[1]The two men in the car were arrested and escorted
to CANU headquarters with the suspected narcotic.[1]CANU said the material
tested positive for cannabis and weighed 9.426 kilograms.[2]News Room
reported the weight as 9.4 kilogrammes.[2]
CANU published a photograph of the parcels found in the operation.[2]Investigations were ongoing, and neither account named the men or reported
charges.[2]
Photos and video
The parcels of cannabis that CANU said were found in the intercepted car on Vlissengen Road. Photo: CANUPhoto details
News Room Guyana reported the weight as 9.4 kilogrammes and named no date beyond Saturday, while CANU's statement gives 9.426 kilograms and 17 May 2025; the report uses the agency's figure and date.
Neither account names the two men, the car, the number of parcels or any street value for the cannabis.
No charge or court outcome was reported; CANU said only that investigations were ongoing.
CANU describes the material as suspected cannabis that tested positive, with no independent laboratory confirmation reported.
A separate CANU stop near the Rubis gas station on Vlissengen Road on 14 May 2025, involving 1.042 kilograms and one arrested man, is a different event and is not covered here.
CANU arrested one man in New Amsterdam and three people at Crabwood Creek during operations in Region Six from 4 to 8 November 2026, and reported seizing more than 226 kilograms of cannabis, a shotgun and 110 cartridges. The largest find, 186.8 kilograms at Sand Hills, led to no arrests.
Police searching a bushy unoccupied plot at Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, on 17 October 2026 found six buckets holding black bags of leaves, seeds and stems weighing 23.854 pounds. No one was arrested and the cannabis was lodged at the Central Police Station.
Guyanese police seized 35.4 kg of suspected cannabis and GYD $455,180 during an operation on Ituni Road. They arrested one rider while another escaped.
CANU officers searching a house on Princes Street, Lodge, in Georgetown seized 86 parcels of foreign cannabis weighing 98.32 pounds (about 44.6 kg), valued at about GYD $80 million, plus four pistols and a rifle. Two Guyanese men were arrested, though CANU's own statement referred only to several persons held in custody assisting investigations.
