Four persons are currently in police custody following two separate incidents yesterday morning where they were found in possession of guns and ammunition.
According to a police report, about 3:40 am yesterday ranks, acting on information received went to Main Street, Georgetown, in the vicinity of Tower Suites Hotel where police identified themselves and carried out a search of a D’Urban Street, Lodge driver. During the search, one 9mm pistol with serial number FLD 741 and matching ammunition was found in the suspect’s crotch. He was arrested and taken to Brickdam Police Station while the firearm and ammunition were marked, sealed, and lodged in his presence in the station’s arms store.
Meanwhile, about an hour later at 4:30 am, police again acting on information received went to an area on Birckdam in the vicinity of St. Stanislaus College, where three males – a twenty-three-year-old student of Norton Street, a twenty-seven-year-old taxi driver of D’Urban Street, Lodge, and a twenty-three-year-old labourer of D’Urban Street, Lodge were seen seated in a white Toyota Axio car with licence plate number PYY 5049.
A search was carried out on their person but nothing illegal was found. However, when police carried out a search on the car, a .32 Taurus pistol (with serial number filed off) and two matching rounds of live ammunition were found under the driver’s seat. They were all arrested and escorted to the Brickdam Police Station while the gun and ammunition were marked, sealed, and lodged in their presence in the arms store.
Investigations are ongoing.
