A 34-year-old miner of Providence, East Bank Demerara, was on Saturday morning nabbed with an unlicensed firearm and 12 matching rounds of ammunition at “WarLock”, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Reports are the suspect went to visit his girlfriend and at about 00:30h, Police acting on information swopped down on the location during which it wa
s observed that the miner dropped an object.
Upon checking, Police realised it was a .9mm pistol loaded with 12 rounds of ammunition. He was arrested and is expected to be charged shortly. Recently, the Guyana Police Force reported that some 67 illegal firearms were seized during this period January to September 2016. This includes 29 pistols, 21 revolvers and 17 shotguns.
