STEVE King, 19, was, on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, jailed for two years by Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for illegal possession of ammunition.

Particulars of the charge read that on May 5, 2019, at 36 Miles Backdam, Kamarang, Region Seven,(Cuyuni-Mazaruni), King had a .32 round of live ammunition in his possession without legal authority. He pleaded guilty to charge.

According to the prosecution on the day in question, the police, acting on information, went to the location where they saw the defendant acting in a suspicious manner. He was accosted and searched and the ammunition was then found in plastic container in his bag.