It is the view of some vendors occupying the canopy section of the Stabroek Market that the rifle reportedly discovered there Wednesday night was planted to discredit them in a plot to remove them from that location.
But the City Constabulary has denied this with a spokesperson indicating that Chief Constable Andrew Foo had only said he would recommend a ban on vending there and that this was not a given as it would need to be reviewed.
However, the vendors claimed that the discovery is too similar to what occurred in 2011, when a