The Ministry of Health (MOH) employee who was found in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition along with a large quantity of cash remains in police custody and is likely to be charged today.
This was confirmed by Police Commander Mahendra Siwnarine, who when contacted for an update last night told Stabroek News that the suspect is expected to appear in the Diamond Magistrate’s Court today.
The suspect was arrested after the police, who were responding to a report of larceny at the MOH Diamond, East Bank Demerara bond, carried out a search on a motorcar, PAB 3032 belonging to the employee and found one duffel bag which contained a 9MM Luger pistol without a magazine and two rounds of 9MM ammunition.