A forty-five-year-old man of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was arrested in the North West District, Region One (Barima-Waini), after he used an unlicensed firearm to threaten another man. Police said that the incident occurred around 00:10hrs on Tuesday at the Water Front at Port Kaituma. Reports indicate that Keith Doris, a labourer of Water Front, Port Kaituma, reported to the Port Kaituma Police that he was being threatened by a man carrying a gun. This caused a party of policemen to descend on the location where Doris said the suspect could be found. A search was subsequently conducted on the man’s person during which a black .32 pistol fell through the left leg of his trousers.
A search of the premises at which he was staying also unearthed eight matching rounds of ammunition, but, to his credit, the suspect, after realising that the game was up, admitted to the police that he was not licensed to carry a firearm. Thereupon, he was cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Port Kaituma Police Station, where the gun and ammunition were sealed and lodged, and he was placed in custody pending charges.