Police intercept car with guns, ammo, false number plates

Robbery thwarted

…3 would-be bandits nabbed

Police in ‘A Division’ on Monday thwarted a possible robbery when, acting on information received, they intercepted a car bearing a hire car number plate on Princess and High Streets, Georgetown.
Ranks searched the car and unearthed therein two unlicensed pistols, nineteen live rounds and a pair of “paste-on “number plates.
Three males, inclusive of the driver, have been arrested and are assisting with the investigation. The men are from South, Sophia, Georgetown; South Amelia’s Ward, Linden; and West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown.
Only last week, ‘A Division’ (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) Commander Marlon Chapman pledged heightened security for the holidays.
Commander Chapman gave the assurance during the Guyana Police Force (GPF)

annual Christmas presentation held at the Officers’ Mess Hall, Eve Leary, Georgetown. According to Chapman, Police patrols and outposts around the city will be boosted in a bid to ensure a secure shopping environment.
Chapman revealed that part of the efforts to ensure increased safety is the splitting of Georgetown into seven sub-sections as compared to six last year.
These sub-sections run from Agricola, Greater Georgetown to Central Georgetown.
The areas will be equipped with mobile outposts, and frequent patrols will occur, with senior members of the GPF in charge of each sub-sector.
Chapman added that the commercial shopping zones would be covered in the heightened security plan, so that citizens could shop in comfort.
According to the Divisional Commander, vehicular and motorcycle patrols will be conducted on a 24-hour basis.