A FEMALE Lance Corporal attached to the Guyana Police Force ‘A’ Division Registry Section is under ‘open arrest’ after a fraud was uncovered which involves the sale of firearm licences.

Police, in a press release yesterday, said the Audit and Inspection Unit of the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), in conjunction with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID),  is conducting investigations into financial irregularity that has been uncovered in the Police ‘A’ Division Registry Section.
“The fraud involves the sale of Firearm Licences and a female Lance Corporal has been placed under open arrest as the investigations continue,” Police Public Relations and Press Officer Ivelaw Whittaker said.
Police yesterday explained that a person on ‘open arrest’ is not confined but allowed to go home but is monitored, while ‘close arrest’ is where one is being confined to the barracks.