A 32-year-old male resident of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) has been caught by a patrol of police ranks with an illegal gun and an empty magazine.
The guns that were found in a garbage heap behind the Mackenzie Market in Linden
According to the police, at about 09:15h on Thursday, ranks on mobile patrol were in the vicinity of the Anna Regina Police Station when they observed the unemployed man walking on the road. He was stopped, and a search was carried out on his person.
After the gun was found, police asked him if he has a firearm licence, and he responded in the negative. He was then arrested, and remains in custody pending charges.
At about 17:00h on Wednesday, ranks of the Mackenzie Police Station, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), acting on information received, went to the back of the Mackenzie Market, where garbage and old freezers are dumped, and found two firearms wrapped in a T-shirt which was further wrapped in a plastic bag. One of the firearms was a.32 revolver and the other appeared to be a .22 semi-automatic pistol.
