Police in Regional Division Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) have discovered four illegal firearms and a quantity of marijuana during two separate operations conducted between Saturday and Monday.
In the Monday operation, Police seized two illegal firearms at a shop owned by a 38-year-old businesswoman and a 40-year-old man in the Toroparu Backdam.
Based on information gathered, the ranks went to a shop owned by the couple and conducted a search of the shop and its immediate environs, and found a semi-automatic machine gun along with eleven 9mm rounds of ammunition a short distance away from the shop.
The firearms and marijuana that were found in Region 7
At the time of the search, the 38-year-old businesswoman and her 30-year-old brother-in-law were both questioned, and the 30-year-old man claimed that the firearm and ammunition belonged to him. He was arrested and cautioned.
As ranks proceeded out of the backdam, they observed a 20-year-old miner who had a 12-gauge shotgun with two matching cartridges. Under caution, the 20-year-old, who was apprehended, claimed that the firearm belonged to his boss, the 40-year-old man who owns the shop at Toroparu.
The 38-year-old businesswoman, her 30-year-old brother-in-law and the 20-year-old man, along with the firearm and rounds of ammunition, were all escorted to the Enachu Police Station. They are presently in custody as Police ranks try to locate the 40-year-old man.
Meanwhile, in the second instance, the operation was conducted between Saturday and Sunday, during which Police seized two unlicensed firearms and over 700 grams of suspected cannabis in the Sewanda and Turtle Creek Backdam area.
During the operation, 22 transparent parcels of cannabis in a purple haversack were thrown on the ground by a 39-year-old man. Additionally, Police found a black 9mm pistol in a camp and a 12-gauge shotgun hidden behind a tree near a camp belonging to a 58-year-old Brazilian man.
The suspects, along with the firearms and cannabis, were escorted to the Enachu Police Station, where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 739.6 grams.
All suspects were taken into custody, pending charges.
