LAW enforcement, during intelligence-led operations, on Saturday, January 26, 2019, arrested two persons, in separate incidents, where counterfeit $5000 bills were seized and an unlicensed pistol was found.

Police said that they apprehended Alston Pires, 23, of Lot 16 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, at the Stabroek Market, with a quantity of counterfeit Guyana $5000 currency.

He has since been charged and will be arraigned before a magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today (January, 29).

Meanwhile, on Saturday, police ranks conducting a mobile patrol in Charlestown, Georgetown, arrested Akelo Nurse, 18, of Lot 273 Independence Boulevard with an unlicensed pistol with no rounds. He too has been charged and will appear before a magistrate today.