Two men will appear before a Rio Claro Magistrate on Monday, after being held with 800 grams of marijuana over the weekend. 

Officers were conducting a road check exercise in the Rio Claro district on Saturday when they stopped a white Nissan B14 motor vehicle at Cunapo Southern Road, Cushe Village. A search of the vehicle was conducted and a black garbage bag containing 800 grams of cannabis was found.

The driver, Sheldon Moses, 58, and his passenger, Wayne Gillard, 58, both from San Fernando, were arrested and charged with Possession of Cannabis.

The exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt Aguilal, supervised by Cpl Tyson and included the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), and Charge room officers.