Prison officer remanded on gun, ammo charges

Christopher Elias

A prison officer is now behind bars after he was charged yesterday over an illegal gun that was found by police hidden in a car that he was driving.

Christopher Elias appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly in a Georgetown court, which heard that on July 24, at Princes Street, he allegedly had in his possession a .38 revolver and five rounds of matching ammunition without being the holder of a firearm licence.

On the same day, Elias is also accused of