Making it clear that the ongoing gun amnesty programme only speaks to possession offences, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud yesterday said that ballistics tests will be conducted on all weapons and ammunition handed in to ascertain whether they are linked to any crimes.
Persaud told reporters during an inspection of what has been handed in thus far, that ballistics testing had started on the 13 weapons and ammunition brought in by members of the public but so far none have been matched to any crime scene. This testing will be applied to whatever is handed over as at September 30 when the programme will come to an end.
“[For] several reasons. Intelligence. We can reopen investigations,”