A cattle farmer of Larima Cabra, Hubu Backdam, Parika East Bank Demerara was on Sunday afternoon arrested by the police for being in possession of a dangerous weapon.Acting on information, the police went to the home of the cattle farmer and carried out a search, thus discovering the weapon, which appears to be a crossbow gun.

Information reaching the Guyana Chronicle detailed that at time of his arrest, the man told investigators that he had obtained the weapon from a friend who was visiting from the United Kingdom.
The friend, he told investigators, had served in the British army, and when he came into the country with the weapon, he did not take it back with him.

Asked if he had ever used the weapon, the man responded in the negative, as he told investigators that the weapon is useless without the string which discharges the arrow.

The police have not yet laid any charges against the man as they are still conducting their investigations to ascertain if the weapon is indeed a crossbow gun, although the weapon was not found with a bow. One police source told this publication that the man is now on $20,000 station bail, but he cannot just yet be charged for being in possession of a crossbow, since all features consistent with a crossbow gun have to be established on the weapon, which is now in police custody.
The cattle farmer does not have a license to carry a weapon, but another relative from the household is a licensed firearm holder, this newspaper was told.