Known character jailed for 3 years, fined $50K for unlicensed firearm

Troy Fordyce, 39, is well-known to the Police. Last week, he was fined $50,000 and imprisoned for three years for possessing an unlicensed handgun.
The jail sentence was imposed by Magistrate Esther Sam of the Charity Magistrate’s Court, where Fordyce had been on trial for the offence of possession of firearm without licence.
He was found guilty.
Police in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) arrested the shopkeeper after he was found with an illegal Beretta Pistol, several rounds of matching ammunition, and a quantity of narcotics.

The incident occurred on May 7, 2023, at Charity Market Street, Essequibo Coast.
According to information received, Police, acting on information, went to Charity Market Street and arrested the man about 10:00h on the day in question.
On arrival, the officers had observed Fordyce standing next to a corner shop, and upon seeing them, he walked towards the back of the shop, placed a shiny object under a board, and walked away.
The Police apprehended Fordyce and escorted him to the back of the shop, where they retrieved an unlicensed 9mm (.380 auto) pistol and one magazine with several rounds of ammunition from under a board. The serial number on the firearm was filed off.
Fordyce was told of the offence committed, and cautioned, and he denied the firearm belonged to him. He was arrested and escorted to the Charity Police Station, where the gun was marked, sealed, placed in an evidence bag in his presence, and lodged.
As investigations progressed, the ranks later escorted Fordyce to his shop at Charity Market Street and conducted a search for narcotics and unlawful articles in the presence of his reputed wife.
However, nothing unlawful was found.
They then went to his home at Charity Housing Scheme for a search to be conducted, to which Fordyce agreed. During the search, Police found a crossbody bag in one of the bedrooms.

When checked, the bag had eight small transparent zip-lock plastic bags containing a pink powdery substance and one transparent plastic bag containing five pink rocklike substances – all suspected to be ecstasy (Methamphetamine).
Additionally, three transparent plastic bags containing a quantity of ‘Fronto’ leaves were also found in a clothes basket in the bedroom. Following these discoveries, Fordyce was escorted to the Charity Police Station, where the suspected ecstasy was weighed in his presence, amounting to 6.71 grams.
Fordyce was charged with possession of narcotics in September 2022. (G1)