POLICE in Region Two, on Sunday, retrieved a 9mm SIG SAUER P226, three matching live rounds of ammunition and one magazine which were allegedly dropped by Davenand Dwarka called ‘Snakey’.

According to a statement issued by the Guyana Police Force, ranks were in a motor vehicle proceeding east on the northern side of the Henrietta Public Road on the Essequibo Coast, when they saw Dwarka in the vicinity of Jaigobin hotel with “an object projecting out from his waist.

One of the ranks shouted at him to stop but instead he ran into the hotel’s parking lot.

The police stated that two of the ranks then gave chase. Dwarka fell into some mud and while he was trying to get up, the firearm fell from his hand.

One of the ranks tried to grab him but he managed to jump into a nearby trench before making good his escape.

The firearm was then picked up by the police.

According to the police, efforts are being made to have Dwarka arrested since he is known to the police and is currently before the court for possession of 2.277 grammes of cannabis.