…as police seize guns, ammo, marijuana in raids

FIVE persons have been arrested, and a number of guns, ammunition and marijuana have been seized in separate police raids conducted between Friday night and Saturday morning.

A police release detailed that at about 18:30h on Friday, an alert member of the Rural Constabulary in the community of Wismar, Linden observed a 32-year-old male from Bartica carrying several bags and acting in a suspicious manner. A search was conducted on the suspect and a number of spent shells and live ammunition were found in his possession. These include six empty cartridges (casing), 31 spent .32 and 9 mm shells, and 21 live .32 and 9mm rounds.

And at about 23:30h on Friday, ranks arrested a 69-year-old businessman of South Turkeyen, ECD at his place of business after 410 grams of cannabis were found on his premises.

Additionally, a 41-year-old driver of Palmyra, East Berbice, was arrested early on Saturday morning with an unlicensed handgun and 13 rounds of ammunition. According to the police release, an alert police patrol spotted the suspect driving his motor car on the Palmyra Public Road at about 01:30h. Upon seeing the patrol, the suspect attempted to speed away, but was intercepted and searched; and the police found on his person the 9mm pistol and ammunition.

Also, on Saturday, ranks acting on information conducted a search in a shop at Black Water Backdam, Konawaruk River, and found an unlicensed .32 revolver with three matching rounds and three spent shells. A 56-year-old businessman of Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, who claimed ownership, is in custody.

Meanwhile, a 60-year-old male of Prashad Nagar, Georgetown was early Saturday morning taken into custody, after in excess of fifty-two pounds of compressed cannabis were found in his house. Ranks, acting on information received, went to the suspect’s house and conducted a search, unearthing 13 taped parcels of the illegal substance, weighing 24kg.