POLICE, acting on intelligence gathered, went to a wash bay at West Road, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara at about 20:00hrs on Sunday and arrested a 21-year-old vendor of the said village.

Police said he was found with an unlicensed handgun with six live rounds. He is being processed for court.

Meanwhile, a 33-year-old resident of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was arrested on Sunday evening with an unlicensed 9MM pistol, without magazine.

According to police, ranks of ‘A’ Division acted on information and went to a drinking bar on Cemetery Road, East La Penitence, Georgetown, where they conducted a search on several persons during which the gun was unearthed.

The man was taken into police custody and is expected to be charged.