Rad­hi­ca De Sil­va

A Gas­par­il­lo cou­ple has been ar­rest­ed and will be charged with cul­ti­vat­ing and traf­fick­ing mar­i­jua­na.

Po­lice said be­tween 2 am to 10 am on Sat­ur­day, of­fi­cers led by Se­nior Supt Win­ches­ter, Supt Car­ty, ASP Jaikaran and ASP Ram­dass, W/Asp Theodore-Per­sad, Sgt Ish­mael, and oth­er of­fi­cers from the Gas­par­il­lo Po­lice Sta­tion went to Poon­ah Road, White­land, to ex­e­cute a search war­rant for arms and am­mu­ni­tion.

In­stead, they al­leged­ly found a 29-year-old man and his 25-year-old wife cul­ti­vat­ing mar­i­jua­na.

A room of the house had been fit­ted with four LED lights which hung about three feet above sev­er­al pig­tail buck­ets, each con­tain­ing mar­i­jua­na plants.

Weed­i­cides, fer­tilis­ers and pes­ti­cides, as well as a spray can and a wa­ter­ing can, were al­so found.

Of­fi­cers al­so al­leged­ly seized a quan­ti­ty of high-grade dried mar­i­jua­na branch­es hang­ing from sev­er­al clothes­lines. This was said to be over 2.7 kilo­grammes and car­ried a street val­ue of $57,200.

A white plas­tic bag con­tain­ing a quan­ti­ty of high-grade mar­i­jua­na was al­so found. It weighed 453 grammes and was said to have a street val­ue of $12,955. Po­lice al­so seized a plas­tic bag with $70, 155 in cash as well as a white first aid kit con­tain­ing three rounds of 9 mm am­mu­ni­tion and $10,000 in cash. Of­fi­cers al­so al­leged­ly found an­oth­er clear plas­tic bag con­tain­ing 27.5 grammes of co­caine which was worth $14,300.

The cou­ple was tak­en to the Gas­par­il­lo Po­lice Sta­tion.­