– revolver, motorcar recovered by police

ACTING on information yesterday, police in ‘A’ Division swooped down on Kanevile, East Bank Demerara and arrested six men who were believed in the planning stages of a robbery.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that a police station along the East Bank of Demerara received a call informing ranks of the presence of the men and their intentions.
Among the six men, two are known to the police since they had previous brushes with the law for robbery under arms.
During the operation yesterday afternoon, the police were able to recover a .38 revolver and several matching rounds and they also impounded a gold AT Toyota 192 motorcar which was being used by the men.
Yesterday afternoon this newspaper received information from persons along the East Bank of Demerara that four vehicles of heavily armed police ranks were seen escorting several young men to the city.
When this newspaper made contact with the police it was confirmed that the men were the ones arrested from the Kaneville location. Up to late last evening the men were still in police custody as the investigations continue. They are expected to be profiled and fingerprinted before the police take any further action.

(Leroy Smith)