A FAMILY of four was on Friday night taken into police custody after a number of prohibited items including paraphernalia belonging to the Guyana Police Force were found in their home at Patawah, Area ‘G’ Industry.

Arrested on Friday and still in police custody up to press time on Saturday were, 40-year-old housewife Nanda Ramkhelawan and her 16-year-old daughter along with labourer Raymond Ramkhelawan and a 14-year-old school child of Plaisance, who also lives in the house and is a member of the family.

According to what this publication was told, the police received information about the items’ presence and they swooped down on the location and conducted the search.
Among the items removed from the home are eleven 0mm ammunition, two .38 ammunition and one 12 gauge round for a shotgun.

The police also removed a pair of police handcuffs, two police badges, four cellphones, a quantity of leaves and stems and one marijuana plant which was also inside the home.
At the police station the woman told the cops that the items all belonged to her husband. The man was not at home when the police made their initial search and arrests but he was subsequently taken into custody.

He reportedly confirmed to the police that the items were indeed his and indicated that with respect to the Guyana Police Force items, the 36-year-old man said he found them at a location where he was working.

When the Guyana Chronicle visited the community on Saturday, the house where the family lived was shut tight and neighbours said that they observed the police operation on Friday but were not aware of what items were removed from the home.

They also confirmed that they, at no point, saw any of the occupants of the home exiting the building or entering the building wearing any of the police items.

The house from where the items were removed is situated in a yard which accommodates two houses but the house of interest to the police is located at the back.

Persons in the community said that the police did not search the other house which is located in the yard and occupied by another relative of the family.