5 arrested for marijauana in La Romaine

Marijuana seized by police in La Romaine on Saturday.
Marijuana seized by police in La Romaine on Saturday.

Five men were arrested by Southern Division police who also seized a little over ten kilogrammes of marijuana.

In a release, the police said the arrests were made during an anti-crime exercise in the La Romaine district on Saturday.

At about 5.35 am, officers stopped a silver Toyota Corolla along the South Trunk Road, and searched the car and the three male occupants where they found 7.2 kilogrammes of marijuana.

Police estimated the street value of the drugs to be $72,000. The three men, two of whom are from Tunapuna, ages 32 and 24, and the third from San Juan, 23, were arrested.

A short while later, the officers also stopped and searched a white AD wagon. They found 3.2 kilogrammes of marijuana in three packets and estimated the drugs to be worth $32,000.

The two men who were in the car, ages 22 and 21, of Chickland and San Fernando, were also arrested.

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