POLICE are on the hunt for two men who reportedly ditched a sub-machine gun and a magazine with nine live 9mm rounds at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, on Saturday night when they saw the police.
According to a police report, ranks on a mobile patrol observed the two males standing at a street corner at Land of Canaan around 23:30hrs on Saturday night. As the ranks approached them, the men dropped a bag they were carrying and fled through the unlit street.
When the police retrieved the bag, it was found to contain the illegal weapon. The area was searched, but the men had long since gone. The gun and ammunition have been lodged.