Curepe family held with $20,000 in ganja

A CUREPE woman and her six children, including a 14-year-old schoolgirl, were arrested by  St Joseph police who raided their home and seized over $20,000 in marijuana, during an all-day exercise on Friday.

During the exercise, a total of 18 persons were arrested for various offences and close to $500,000 in marijuana seized. During the exercise, a party of officers, acting on information, went to a house at Ramgoolie Trace, Curepe and executed a search warrant. The officers searched the house and seized more that two kilos of compressed marijuana with an estimated local street value of $20,000. A 42-year-old woman and her six children, ranging in age from 14 to 25, were arrested and taken to the St Joseph police station for questioning and are expected to appear before a Tunapuna magistrate tomorrow.