A 30-year-old businessman from New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD) was arrested on Friday with an unlicensed firearm and several rounds of ammunition.
He has been identified as Dylan Walker.

Police headquarters, in a press release, noted that on the day in question at around 17:00 hrs, a Chief Inspector, leading a Police Anti-Crime Patrol at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), in the vicinity of Jimbo Bridge, observed a Toyota Tacoma vehicle driving recklessly and promptly intervened.

The vehicle, bearing registration number PYY 9229, was stopped by patrol ranks, and the driver, Walker was instructed to proceed to the Grove Police Station under escort due to the observed traffic violation.

Accompanying Walker were three other occupants, including Subrina Rhema, a 26-year-old from Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Upon conducting a search of the vehicle, no illegal items were discovered. However, ranks’ attention turned to a black handbag in possession of Rhema.

Upon inspection, law enforcement officers uncovered a black .32 Taurus Pistol and a magazine loaded with 11 rounds of .32 ammunition. Rhema was questioned about her possession of the firearm and whether she held a valid firearm license, to which she admitted she did not possess one.

She was subsequently arrested and cautioned, during which she implicated Walker by stating that he had placed the firearm in her bag.
“Dylan put it in my bag,” she told the police.

Further interrogation at the Grove Police Station involved a separate video and audio interviews with both Rhema and Walker. During these interviews, Walker admitted to being in possession of the firearm and ammunition at the time of the vehicle being stopped.

He confessed to intentionally placing the firearm in Rhema’s bag while en-route to the police station, thereby accepting full responsibility for the possession of the illegal items. Rhema’s account corroborated Walker’s confession, claiming that she was under the impression that Walker was a licensed firearm holder.

However, investigations revealed that neither Walker nor Rhema held valid licenses for the firearm in question.
Walker is expected to appear in court this week on gun-related charges.