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Two arrested in Clarendon cocaine bust

Published:Friday | September 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The Narcotics Police arrested two men for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act in Clarendon earlier this week.

Reports are that about 10:30 Monday night, Narcotics Detectives were conducting anti-narcotics operations in the parish, when they intercepted a white Toyota Probox in the vicinity of the May Pen toll plaza with two men aboard.

The vehicle and both men were searched and cocaine weighing approximately half of a kilogramme

was found under the dashboard of the car.

The drug has an estimated street value of $640,000.

Both men are expected to be charged with Possession of Cocaine, Dealing in Cocaine, Trafficking Cocaine, Possession of Criminal Property and Conspiracy.