Six held after 13 kg of ganja and 190 bullets found at a North Sophia house
Guyana Police Force officers cordoned off a house on Pike Street, North Sophia, Georgetown, before dawn on 13 July 2021 and seized 13.221 kilograms of suspected cannabis and 190 rounds of .45 ammunition, arresting the six people inside. The occupants denied knowledge of the cannabis thrown from a window or the parcels and ammunition found around the house, and all six remained in custody.
Police cordoned off a house on Pike Street, North Sophia, Georgetown, at about 3
am on 13 July 2021, acting on information they had received.[1]During the
cordon and search, police said they seized13.166 kilogrammes of marijuana and
190 live .45 bullets.[2]As officers arrived, a bulky black plastic bag was
thrown from a window of the house and was found to contain leaves, seeds and
stems suspected to be cannabis.[1]
Police found six people in the house: a 30-year-old man and his 22-year-old
reputed wife, a 28-year-old woman and her 53-year-old reputed husband, a
28-year-old man and another man whose age was not verified.[1]All six denied
knowledge or ownership of the suspected cannabis and were arrested.[1]Guyana
Times reported that the six arrested included two couples.[3]A search of the
house found a large scale, and a further search about 30 feet from the house
found a black garbage bag holding eight parcels of suspected cannabis.[1]
In the yard police also unearthed a white plastic bucket holding a small rice
bag with 190 rounds of live .45 ammunition.[1]The cannabis thrown from the
window weighed 55 grams and the cannabis found in the bushes weighed 13.166
kilograms.[1]Questioned about the other cannabis and the ammunition, the six
suspects again denied any knowledge.[3]All six remained in custody as
investigations continued.[1]
Photos and video
The 190 live rounds of .45 ammunition police said they found in a white bucket and rice bag at the Pike Street house. Photo: Guyana Police ForcePhoto details
Demerara Waves and Stabroek News headline the main parcel as 13.166 kilograms while also reporting a separate 55 grams thrown from the window; Guyana Times states 13.221 kilograms as the total, which this report uses.
No charge, charge sheet or court outcome was reported; the reports say only that the six remained in custody while investigations continued.
Guyana Times describes the six as including two couples, while Stabroek News lists two reputed couples and two other men.
The suspected cannabis is described as leaves, seeds and stems without laboratory confirmation as cannabis.
No value was given for the cannabis or the ammunition.
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.
