Between 5:30 and 9:00 this morning, a team of officers from Special Branch, the K-9 Unit and uniformed police went out on an operation in both Seine Bight and Placencia Villages. 3 houses were searched in Placencia, which resulted in 1 person being arrested for possession of controlled drugs.
The discovery of the large stash of marijuana happened shortly after when 2 empty lots were searched in Placencia Village. In one of the lots, the officers found 1 white t-shirt, and wrapped inside it were 5 plastic bags each containing cannabis. The bags had a total of 1.156 kilograms - or 2 and a half pounds.
Another abandoned lot was searched near the football field, and the officers found a black handbag which contained 2 black plastic bags, each containing hi-grade weed known on the street as "hydro". It was weighed, and the officers discovered that the two parcels amounted to 231 grams - or just over half a pound.
The drugs were deposited as found property. Recently Placencia police have become very active in their anti-drug operations, and to date, the officers have seized different types of drugs including, cocaine, methamphetamines - better known as crystal meth - and marijuana. The intelligence suggests that because of the abundance of tourists visiting the peninsula, it has attracted drug traffickers and peddlers, whose numbers - police say - continue to grow.
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