Lawrence Pollard, a 50-year -old clothes vendor, has been arrested after Police found him in possession of an unlicensed firearm.
The arrest was made at about 17:00h on Wednesday, September 6, after ranks acting on information received went to his home at Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown and made contact with him while he was in the yard.
A search was conducted on his person, and what is suspected to be a .32 pistol with a magazine containing five live rounds of .32 ammunition was found in his pants pocket. Asked if he was a licensed firearm holder, Pollard replied in the negative, but claimed he had found the firearm in a drain some time ago.
He was escorted to the Kitty Police Station, where the firearm and ammunition were marked, sealed and lodged to be taken to the ballistics section for examination.
The vendor has been taken in custody, and is slated to be charged. (G12)
