At about 6:28 yesterday morning, Police conducted an intelligence-led operation on the Albion public road in front of the Albion Police Station, where they stopped and searched a Toyota Premio motorcar and found an unlicensed firearm and seven rounds of matching ammunition.
A release from the police said that the motor vehicle, bearing registration number HD 2128, was being driven at the time by Selwyne Gray, a taxi driver from Leeds Village, Corentyne Berbice. Otis Victor, a farmer from Nurney Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was the lone passenger in the vehicle.
Police searched the vehicle and found a black plastic bag in the right-side driver’s door. Inside the bag was a .38 revolver, along with seven live matching rounds of ammunition.
The suspects were arrested and taken into custody at the Albion Police Station. The firearm and ammunition were lodged, and the vehicle was impounded at the station. Investigations are ongoing.
