Police in Regional Division #3 acted on information received yesterday at about 16:00 hrs and proceeded to the Vreed-en-Hoop junction, West Coast Demerara (WCD), where they met two male teenagers, both of them 17 years old.
One of the teens is from ‘Jetty Squatting Area’, WCD, and the other is from New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop. The teens handed over a .32 pistol with eight live matching rounds of ammunition to the Police.
When questioned, one of the teens said he found the firearm in a ‘trackway’ in the Jetty area leading out to the sea.
The teen said he went to a friend and showed him the gun, and asked him if it was a real gun. His friend then called the police.
