Firearm stolen during robbery rerecovered at Soesdyke
A firearm that was relieved from a 27-year-old security officer attached to the Sherriff Security Service on November 6 at Gulf Engineering Company, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was reportedly recovered in a sandpit at Soesdyke, EBD.
The 9mm Grand Power semi-automatic pistol along with three live rounds of ammunition wrapped in a white plastic bag was found on Friday suspected to have been disposed of by a group of men whom the Police were in pursuit of.
The gun and ammunition found at Soesdyke
Police stated that on the day in question, members of the GPF and a private security officer were conducting an intelligence-led operation in the Grant Sand Road area, Soesdyke, EBD, where several men were seen on a road heading into the sandpit.
As such, the ranks approached the men but upon seeing the lawmen, the suspects ran further into an abandoned sandpit and disappeared. The area was checked for the men but they were not seen. Instead, the Police found the gun and ammunition.
Records later confirmed that the said firearm was reported stolen during a robbery with violence committed on Colin Samuels, who was on duty at Gulf Engineering Company, Land of Canaan, EBD.
Investigations are ongoing.
