Police in A Division have arrested a fisher and two young women after an unlicensed firearm and matching ammunition were discovered in a house they were occupying.
The illegal firearm and ammunition found in the fisher’s house at Diamond
According to reports, at about 00:30h on Sunday, ranks from the Grove/Diamond Police Station received information and went to a house at 17th Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, where they conducted a search on the premises.
During the exercise, the Police unearthed an unlicensed .32 pistol, along with two matching rounds.
A fisher, 23, and two females in the house at the time have since been arrested and taken into custody. It was reported that the male suspect was found hiding in the ceiling of his one-flat home when the Police arrived.
Meanwhile, the hidden weapon has been sent for ballistics testing to determine if it was used in any crime. Investigations are ongoing.
Of recent, the Police have been cracking down on illegal weapons on the streets, as government works to strengthen the country’s porous borders through which illegal guns are smuggled into Guyana from our neighbouring countries.
In fact, over the last few days the Police have recovered illegal weapons from various locations in the hinterland. Only Wednesday last, a miner found a firearm and four live rounds in Konawaruk, Mahdia, and handed over same to Police.
Reports revealed that the miner was prospecting when he came across a bag containing a .22 semi-automatic pistol, a magazine and four live matching rounds. This gun was also sent for ballistics testing to ascertain if it was used in any illegal act.
Also on that same day, a female Central Rupununi Ranch Manager was arrested with an unlicensed .38 Special Rifle at Manari, Lethem.
Police ranks acting on information went to the 36-year-old female’s ranch and conducted a search where the discovery was made. She was since charged and remanded to prison.
