Security guards get $150,000 bail on gun, ammo charges

Two security guards were on Tuesday placed on $75,000 bail each after their arraignment before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on charges of unlawful possession of firearms and rounds of ammunition.

Sherwyn Quincy Davis

It is alleged that on June 27, at the Fantasy Casino at the Giftland Mall at Pattensen, Greater Georgetown, Derwin Drakes, called ‘Polo’, a 27-year-old resident of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, and Sherwyn Quincy Davis, a 31-year-old resident of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, each had a firearm and a quantity of ammunition in their possession when neither of them was the holder of a firearm licence.

One of the firearm and ammunition that were seized by the Police

They both pleaded not guilty to the charges, and
bail was granted to each of them in the sum of $75,000.
The matters have been transferred to the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. (G1)

The other firearm and ammunition that were seized by the Police