– Two employees arrested

THE Guyana Police Force is investigating the theft of firearms and ammunition from Radar Security and Supplies.

The incident reportedly occurred between 10:00 hours on December 25, 2022, and 18:30 hours on December 26, 2022, at the company’s Lot 79 Carmichael Street, Georgetown office.

The items allegedly stolen included two single-barrel shotguns valued at $950,000; four 9mm Taurus Pistols valued at $1,400,000; five Taurus .32 pistols valued at $1,425,000; twenty-five 12-gauge cartridges, five hundred and fifty-eight .32 ammunition, and eighteen 9mm rounds of ammunition, all property of the above-mentioned security firm.

According to the initial investigations, the Radar Security and Supplies’ office is located in the middle of a three-storey wooden building. There is an office to the western side, which has a wooden door to the eastern side, secured with a lock.

In the said office, there is a steal “strongbox” where the security firm secures the firearms and ammunition. The said strongbox is secured with two padlocks. Inside the strongbox, the guns are chained and padlocked with three padlocks.

Police said that, on Christmas Day, the firm’s chief security officer, a 72-year-old from Guyhoc Park, checked the firearms and all were intact. On December 26, a 65-year-old weapons training officer from Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, visited the location and met a 57-year-old security guard on duty.

Upon his arrival, the training officer observed that the door to the office was not secured and was left ajar. He subsequently entered the office where he observed that the padlocks on the strongbox were cut off, the chain that connected the firearms was also cut and the guns mentioned were missing.

However, two other shotguns were left in the box; as a result, the training officer informed the firm’s owner of his findings.

The 57-year-old security guard was questioned, and he claimed that at 17:00 hours on December, 26 2022, he took over duty from a 36-year-old security guard from Paradise Housing Scheme, who handed over the key for the said office that housed the strongbox.

The 57-year-old guard said that he did not check the office door or go into the office. He was arrested, and a search was carried out at his home, but nothing was found.

Checks were made for the 36-year-old security guard at his stated address at Paradise, ECD, but no one was seen at the house, which seems to have been abandoned.

The weapons training officer was also arrested and questioned, and a search was carried out at his home, but nothing was found. He is in custody as investigations continue.