One man is now in police custody and two others on the run following a police operation in Grande Riviere, Dennery Saturday night (Feb. 15) which netted almost 300 pounds of marijuana.
Police said the suspect, along with two other individuals, was travelling on a vehicle, registration number PD2359, in the direction of Dennery “when it lost control and veered off the road in an attempt to evade the officers”.
“The suspects fled the scene but the officers were successful in apprehending one,” police said in a press release. “A search was carried out on the vehicle in which officers discovered several sacks of dry green plant materials suspected to be cannabis, totalling 278 pounds.”
The release said the suspect is to be charged shortly and the police are in pursuit of the other two suspects.
The operation was conducted by officers attached to the Dennery and Richfond Police Stations.