–as probe into Radar Security break-in widens

POLICE on Saturday recovered four more stolen firearms as the probe continues into the theft of several guns belonging to Radar Security and Supplies Company.
Reports indicate that one of the suspects took detectives to a location in Albouystown where three of the .32 calibre and one 9mm calibre pistols were recovered.

The mastermind behind the theft of the six firearms and a quantity of ammunition from the security company was arrested on Friday last as detectives made a breakthrough in the case; reports are he is a security official with the company.

The incident reportedly occurred between 10:00hrs on December 25, 2022, and 18:30hrs on December 26, 2022 at the company’s Lot 79 Carmichael Street, Georgetown office.
The items stolen included two single-barrel shotguns valued $950,000; four 9mm Taurus pistols valued $1,400,000; five Taurus .32 pistols valued $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 on the western side, which has a wooden door to the eastern side, secured with a lock.

In the said office, there is a steel “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 17:00hrs on December 26 2022, he took over duty from a 36-year-old security guard from Paradise Housing Scheme, who handed over the key to the said office that housed the strongbox.