The guns that were found on the Venezuelan national
A Venezuelan national was on Monday arrested after he was intercepted with two firearms at Black Banana Access Trail, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini).
Elvis Bartolo Pacheco
Preliminary investigations revealed that on the day in question at about 13:30h, a team of Police were on mobile patrol in the Black Banana Access Trail in the NWD when they saw Elvis Bartolo Pacheco, the miner of Baramita, NWD, and Venezuela.
However, a search was conducted on Pacheco during which a 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun without serial number and a 16-gauge single-barrel shotgun without serial number with the butt sawn off and wrapped in transparent plastic were unearthed.
The Venezuelan national was told of the offence, cautioned and arrested. He was then escorted to Matthews Ridge Police Station where he was placed in custody. An investigation is underway.
