Linden man busted with stolen gun, ammo belonging to ex-Police Officer

– others arrested following discovery of ganja

The Police have arrested 11 persons following the discovery of a firearm and eight rounds of matching ammunition along with a quantity of ganja in Wismar, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), on Monday.
Based on reports received, a party of Police ranks acting on information conducted several raids in the Wismar Station district in search of drugs, guns, ammunition or anything unlawfully obtained.

During the raid, the gun, ammo and 11 grams of cannabis were found, resulting in the arrest of the 11 persons.
One of the detainees was arrested with the firearm ammunition belonging to Grantley Rodney, which was stolen on Sunday during an outing with his family at Dakara Creek, Linden.
It was reported that Rodney, the 59-year-old retired Police Officer along with a 48-year-old Police Inspector and other relatives went to the creek for an outing.
However, the retired officer parked his motor car bearing registration number PPP 1014, leaving his 9mm semi-automatic pistol and magazine carrying 10 live rounds of ammunition in the glove compartment.

They, nevertheless, secured the car and went to the creek, which is about 75 feet down a hill. After they were finished swimming, they returned to the car and noticed that the right-side small glass to the back door was broken and the right-side passenger door was partly open.
Upon making checks, they realised that the firearm and ammunition along with three mobile phones, National ID card, Police and Republic Bank cards, driver’s licence, one brown hand bag, a pair of reading glasses, a quantity of clothing and a sum of cash were missing.
The matter was immediately reported to the Police and based on reports gathered, the suspected burglar was arrested.