THE police early yesterday morning conducted several raids in communities mainly in Georgetown, and some outside of the city as part of their random intelligence-led exercises.The raids saw the arrest of 14 persons, as well as the discovery of an illegal weapon with matching rounds and some amount of cannabis.
Around 01.30hrs yesterday also, the police, while conducting a search on a house in East Ruimveldt, came across an UZI sub-machine gun with 14 matching rounds, and a .38 special revolver with rounds, in addition to 482 grams of marijuana. The items were reportedly found under the flooring of the house.
Paul James was arrested for several robberies in which he has been fingered over the past months, but had been able to slip under the police radar for some time. He was arrested in Linden.
During the raids also, Police nabbed Orin Davis for whom they had issued a wanted bulletin several years ago in connection with several robberies. In addition, the police yesterday picked up among the 14 persons, two suspects who are being accused of being part of the recent robbery at Jags Aviation on Thomas Lands.
The police are continuing their investigations into all those matters and are expecting to have successful prosecutions.