Police on Sunday morning arrested a 38-year-old man outside a popular sports bar on Middleton Street, Campbellville, Georgetown with an illegal gun.
Reports are that at about 03:15h on Sunday, police acting on information arrested went to the area where they saw the man standing in a group near the bar. Upon conducting a search, officers found a .38 revolver with its serial number filed off in his possession. The firearm contained a single spent shell. When asked if he was a licensed firearm holder, he claimed, “I got the firearm from another rastaman.”
He was arrested and taken to Kitty Police Station, where he is being held as investigations continue.
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