16-year-old lads arrested over stolen gun, ammo

Police ranks from Regional Division 4C (East Coast Demerara) have arrested two 16-year-old lads in relation to the recovery of a firearm and a quantity of ammunition on Tuesday.
The operation was conducted at about 01:00h at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Police said they received a report from a licensed firearm holder of Aubrey Barker Road in South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, who went to the Ruimveldt Police Station at about 10:00h on Christmas Day and reported that his firearm was stolen.
The man told Police that he suspected his 16-year-old nephew, a student at a secondary school on the East Coast of Demerara, had stolen his firearm (a Brown and Black .32 pistol) along with six matching rounds from his home.
Police arrested the teenager in Georgetown, and questioned him about the missing firearm. The teen admitted that he had stolen the weapon, and related to Police that he had handed over the firearm to another teenager, a 16-year-old male student who lives at Beterverwagting, for him to hide.
Acting on this information, the Police conducted a joint operation with ranks from Regional Divisions 4A and 4C. The ranks went to the home of the 16-year-old student at Beterverwagting, where he was contacted in the presence of his mother. He was questioned about the firearm, and he admitted receiving same from the man’s nephew.
He then took the Police to the back of his house and pointed out a spot where he had hidden the firearm and six matching rounds of ammunition. Both teenagers are in custody as investigations continue.