INTELLIGENCE information has led the Criminal Investigations Department to the recovery of a service G-3 rifle and matching rounds which were snatched from a police constable last week Wednesday during the Regent Street Post Office heist.Police investigators who spoke with the Guyana Chronicle said that after receiving information, they went to East La Penitence where the weapon was found in a trench.

Crime Chief Leslie James confirmed this information when contacted. He said the force is now happy that the weapon is no longer in the hands of criminals, even as the investigations into the $42M Post Office heist continue.
James, when asked if the police were able to lift any fingerprints from the weapon, responded by saying that up to late yesterday afternoon that was not done. He said, however, that despite the weapon was found in a trench that was filled with water, they should still be able to lift prints from it.
The weapon was found in the same area where the bandits reportedly dumped the police constable and the driver of the Guyana Post Office Corporation vehicle after they held them at gunpoint and hijacked the minibus containing money for pensions and other public assistance funds.
Meanwhile, yesterday Stravo Evans, 31, who has dual addresses had his bail request refused and he was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry when he appeared before her charged with armed robbery at the Regent Street Post Office in Georgetown.
The court was told that Evans was the person with the gun on Wednesday last when he and others pounced on the post office minibus and hijacked it with the driver and policeman following which they relieved them of the G-3 Rifle and 20 rounds of ammunition which valued $688,000 property of the Guyana Police Force $42,522,000 cash property of the Guyana Post Office Corporation.
The man was also charged with robbing the minibus driver of the vehicle which was valued $3.5 million which was also the property of the Post Office. The court was told that the men were able to escape the area in a waiting fielder motorcar.
By Leroy Smith