FIVE men are in police custody after the motorcar in which they were travelling, was intercepted by ranks on a mobile patrol at approximately 01: 30 hrs this morning in the village of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice.

The police conducted a search of the car and its five occupants during which an unlicensed pistol with 13 live rounds, a rope, a crowbar, a wig and other items were found.
The men are aged 33, 29, 27, 26 and 22 and are from Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice; Angoy’s Avenue, Berbice; Pilot Street, New Amsterdam; Fort Ordnance, Berbice; and Dazzle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.