Hire car driver, wife arrested after gun found in toy car

…3 guns found in 1 week

An intelligence-led operation conducted by Police ranks on Monday in Berbice, led to the discovery of a Beretta handgun and 25 live rounds of ammunition in the home of a Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice couple.
Reports are that at about 16:30h, acting on information received, a party of Police ranks went to the home of a 49-year-old hire car driver and his 35-year-old wife at Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, where a search was conducted on the premises.
During the search, the gun along with ammunition was found hidden in an electric toy car by the Police ranks. The hire car driver and his wife were immediately told of the offence, cautioned, and arrested.
They were subsequently escorted to the Albion Police Station along with the firearm and ammunition.
They remain in custody, pending charges, as investigations continue.
This is the third firearm that was found in a week by ranks of the Guyana Police Force.

On Sunday, two men were arrested after they were found with guns in their possession on at separate locations on the East Coast of Demerara.
The first incident occurred at around 20:50h on Friday.
Police said that acting on information received, a Deputy Superintendent and a party of Police ranks went to Haslington/Enmore Front, East Coast Demerara (ECD), where they contacted a 37-year-old wash bay owner.
Minibus BAC 140, which was at the wash bay, was searched in the presence of the wash bay owner, and a firearm was found under the driver’s seat. When told of the suspicion and cautioned, the wash bay owner claimed the bus was brought to his wash bay by a man (name unknown) to be washed. The man reportedly left the bus in his care and custody and went away.
This wash bay owner was escorted to the Cove and John Police Station, where the firearm was further examined and found to be an air gun.
Meanwhile, the following day, while on patrol duties, ranks from Regional Police Division 4B, while in the vicinity of Bliss Sports Bar, which is located at ‘second bridge’ in Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, observed a group of men standing on the roadway.
Upon seeing the Police, the men walked off, but one of them was acting suspiciously. The Police said they observed this individual walking to a nearby garbage bin, taking out an object from the waist of his pants, and throwing the object into the bin.
One of the ranks approached this individual (name withheld), and he said he was a 23-year-old construction worker. A search was conducted in the garbage bin in his presence, and the Police found one black metal object suspected to be a firearm.
The Police told him of the allegation, and he remained silent. He was arrested, escorted to the Golden Grove Police Station, placed in custody, and later charged. (G9)