PARAMARIBO — AM, 23 years old, tried to escape when he saw the men of the Narcotics Brigade and the Arrest Team, but was arrested. The seventeen wrappers of cocaine, which he threw away during his flight on Thursday, were also recovered. In the room on the Bloemkoolstraat where he was staying, two fine scales, hashish, an AK cartridge and three shotgun cartridges were found and seized.
The Suriname Police Corps also reported on its website on Friday (today) the arrest of the 24-year-old WR at Golly Yard on the Drambrandersgracht. Two packages of marijuana, two fine scales and amounts of money in euros and Surinamese dollars were found on him and seized. The law officers also discovered a caliber 38 Special revolver with five live cartridges, marijuana and hashish. In addition, marijuana, hashish and an amount of money (SRD) were found unattended in the immediate vicinity of Golly Yard. That was also seized.
After coordination with the Public Prosecution Service, both suspects have been taken into custody by the police pending the investigation. The police action was carried out on Thursday after detailed intelligence information.
