Three persons were taken into custody by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) between Monday and Tuesday following in connection to separate marijauna and cocaine busts in the Region 9 community of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi.
According to the drug enforcement agency on Monday officers acting on information received conducted an operation at an abandoned house where 2.646 pounds or the equivalent of 1.2 kilograms of marijuana was found. No one was arrested.
However, in the second operation on Monday one person was arrested after drug enforcement officers searched a second house and found 3.527 pounds of marijuana and 0.14 pounds of cocaine.
In the third operation on Tuesday ranks found 23.149 pounds of marijuana in a house. Two persons were taken into custody and are said to be assisting ranks with their investigation.