4 in custody as Police find gun, ammo, ganja during operations
An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks from the Guyana Police Force, netted an illegal firearm with matching ammunition along with a quantity of marijuana.
The gun, ammo and ganja that were confiscated
The exercise was carried out by officers from the Force’s Major Crimes Investigation Unit and uniform ranks from Regional Division 4A [Georgetown] between 01:00h and 09:00h on Sunday at an apartment building in Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, and at the Stabroek Market, Georgetown.
Four persons were arrested following the discovery.
According to Police reports, at about 03:00h, ranks went to one of the apartments in the two-storey concrete building at Section D, Turkeyen, which is occupied by a 24-year-old shopkeeper and his 20-year-old unemployed brother.
A search was carried out in a bedroom but nothing of evidential value was found.
The ranks then carried out a search in another bedroom during which a rank found a multi-coloured haversack containing one Glock 9mm pistol, one magazine with four 9mm ammunition, and nineteen .32 rounds of ammunition.
There were also 17 transparent plastic bags containing cannabis. The suspect was told of the offences committed and cautioned during which he admitted ownership of the items.
The ranks then went to another apartment, which is being occupied by a 26-year-old unemployed man and a 22-year-old female snackette attendant, where a search was carried out.
There, a black plastic bag was found with a quantity of ganja under a chair. One of the occupants admitted that the items belonged to him.
They were all arrested and taken to Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
A black Honda CG motorcycle bearing registration number CH 5104, which was found at the said address, was also taken to CID HQ and lodged.
Meanwhile, the ranks then went to Stabroek Market where 393 grams of cannabis was unearthed. The cannabis which was found earlier at the two apartments amounted to 528 grams.
