A customs broker was yesterday charged with firing his weapon at a city bar, while a friend of his was accused of trying to dispose of the spent shells after police intervened.
Riaz Ally, who police had previously identified as an enforcement officer with the Guyana Revenue Authority, was charged in a city court with discharging a loaded firearm within 100 yards of a public way on September 30, at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty.
Ally, 35, of Lot CC Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, told Magistrate Judy Latchman that he was not guilty.
Police prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves told the court that at about 12.30 am, Ally was at the G-Spot bar on Sandy Babb Street with a friend when two ranks observed him discharge two rounds. He added that the ranks subsequently took the weapon from the accused and cautioned him.