At 11:20 am yesterday, an Assistant Superintendent, a sergeant and two constables were on a motor vehicle patrol proceeding east on Dennis Street in the vicinity of the Sophia Exhibition Centre when they observed a black heavily tinted Premio motor car with Registration #PAE 3982 heading in a western direction on Dennis Street.
A release from the police said that the ranks intercepted the vehicle and observed the driver, who gave his name as Rudy Vandermeer, a 28-year-old taxi driver of Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, and another occupant, namely Michael Hopkinson, a 27-year-old unemployed resident of Princes Street and ‘A’ Field Sophia, seated in the front passenger seat, acting suspiciously.
The ranks then requested a search of both persons and the motor vehicle for anything illegal, and they agreed to it, the release said.
As such, a search was conducted, and a .38 Taurus firearm with three matching rounds of .38 ammunition was found tucked in the waist of Hopkinson. He was asked if he was the holder of a firearm licence, and he replied in the negative.
He was arrested, escorted to Turkeyen Police Station, and placed in custody along with the driver of the motor vehicle, who is assisting with the investigation.
