DETECTIVES at Police ‘A’ Division Headquarters are yet to locate a service revolver which went missing Saturday night, moments after it was reportedly booked out by a police constable.

While a number of ranks who were on duty at the time were questioned and statements taken, there has been no indication as to where the weapon has gone.
Detectives were told by the constable that he booked out the weapon and shortly before heading for the road, he rested it on a desk, turned his back to uplift a key and when he turned around the weapon was nowhere to be seen.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the police are mulling the option of treating the disappearance of the weapon as a criminal probe. They are preparing a file to be sent to the legal adviser of the Guyana Police Force for recommendation and advice on the way forward.

Saturday night into Sunday morning, the police locked down the compound and launched an aggressive search for the weapon.

The .38 revolver was signed out by a male constable attached to the impact base. However, several sources within the police compound said that after signing out the weapon, the constable went to several different areas within the compound.

They are contending that he may have put the weapon down and forgot where exactly he did. There are those at the station who have seen the statement of the young man and heard his account of what transpired and have drawn the conclusion that the story is not adding up.

With the weapon missing along with six live rounds of ammunition, it is unclear if same was picked up by either a member of the public, who might have been in the station on other business or if a colleague found it lapsing and rather than having it secured, took it for himself.