Another man has landed himself in the lock-ups for having an unlicensed gun after Police conducted a search on his vehicle and discovered the .38 special revolver without ammunition and an unrecognisable serial number.
The unlicensed firearm with an unrecognisable serial number that was found
Reports are that at about 13:18h on Wednesday, Police ranks that were acting on information turned up at Leopold and Breda Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, where they noticed a sky-blue-coloured “Bluebird” motorcar, PTT 7817, parked near a shop.
The officers proceeded to the car while the male suspect left the shop where he had been “liming” and approached the Policemen.
According to Police, he told the ranks that he was the owner of the vehicle and they notified him that they were about to search the vehicle.
During the search, Police unearthed the illegal weapon.
The man told investigators that he hails from Agricola, Greater Georgetown.
He was taken to the Brickdam Police Station and the gun was sent to the ballistics section for testing.
Just four days ago, a man was nabbed with an unlicensed firearm and matching rounds of ammunition between North Road and Robb Street, Bourda, Georgetown.
Police ranks, who were on patrol duty in that area, noticed the male acting in a “suspicious manner” near a fast-food restaurant in that area.
They decided to approach the man and question him, after which a search was conducted on his body and on a blue ‘side bag’ that was in his possession.
The bag was hung around the man’s shoulder, and upon searching the item, ranks discovered a .32 Taurus pistol firearm and a magazine containing two .32 rounds of ammunition.
The suspect, who is said to hail from the Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was questioned as to whether he is a licensed firearm holder.
