A 61-year-old Venezuelan is currently in police custody assisting with an investigation pertaining to an illegal firearm.

According to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, ranks from ‘G’ Division, Guyana Defence Force and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) conducted a joint operation at Grant Veed-den-Hoop, Upper Pomeroon, where a 9mm pistol was found in a house.

The 61-year-old Venezuelan was at the time in the house.