6 guns, large quantity of ammo go missing from security company

Two employees of the Radar Security and Supplies entity have been taken into Police custody after six firearms and a quantity of ammunition were allegedly stolen from the entity between Sunday, December 25, and Monday, December 26. The Police, in a statement on Tuesday, have said that an investigation has been launched.

It has been reported that two single-barrel shotguns valued at $950,000; four 9mm Taurus pistols valued at $1,400,000, and five Taurus .32 pistols valued at $1,425,000 have been stolen from this security entity. Also missing are twenty-five 12-gauge cartridges; 538 rounds of .32 ammunition, and 18 rounds of 9mm ammunition. These items have allegedly been stolen from the security company’s office at Lot 79 Carmichael Street, Georgetown between 10:00h on Christmas Day and 18:30h on Boxing Day.
The offices of the Radar Security and Supplies are located in the middle flat of a three-storey wooden building. An office to the western side has a wooden door to the eastern side, and that is secured by a manufactured Yale lock. In that said office, there is a steel ‘strongbox’ in which the security firm secures the firearms and ammunition. The said strongbox is secured by two padlocks. Inside the strongbox, the firearms are chained and padlocked with three padlocks.
The firm’s Chief Security Officer, a 72-year-old resident of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, claimed that he checked the firearms on Christmas Day, and all was intact. However, at 18:30h on Boxing Day, a 65-year-old ‘Weapons Training Officer’ from Enterprise, East Coast Demerara visited the location and met a 57-year-old security guard from Tucville, Georgetown, who was on duty.
The weapons Training Officer observed that the door to the office was not secured, but was rather left ajar. He then entered the office, where he observed that the padlocks on the strongbox were cut off, the chain that secured the firearms was also cut, and the firearms mentioned were missing. However, two other shotguns were left in the strong box.
The Training Officer claimed that he then informed the owner of the security service of his findings.
Detectives were summoned to the office, and they observed that the padlocks and chains had indeed been cut. The two shotguns were removed from the strong box and lodged. The office was checked, but there was no sign of breakage.
The 57-year-old security guard was questioned, and he claimed that at 17:00h on Boxing Day, he took over duty from a 36-year-old security guard from Paradise Housing Scheme, ECD, who had handed over the key for the said office that housed the strongbox. He claimed that he did not check the office door, nor did he go into the office.
He was arrested, and a search was carried out at his home, but nothing was found.
Checks were made for the 36-year-old security guard at his stated address at Paradise, ECD, but no one was seen at the house, which seems to have been abandoned.
The Training Officer was also arrested and questioned, and his home was searched, but nothing was found. He is presently in custody.
Investigations continue.(G9)