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Cell phone photo exposes two youths with illegal gun

Jun 09, 2011 News

– suspects were about to rob Chinese restaurant

A photograph stored in a cellular phone led police to recover a .22 revolver which was to be used by two youths to carry out a robbery in the Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.
The two youths, aged 19 and 16, confessed to police that they were going to rob a Chinese restaurant when they were intercepted.
Police recovered the .22 revolver with six live rounds from the northern parapet of the Diamond Housing Scheme access road at the head of Seventh Avenue. The time was around 23:00 hours on Tuesday.
This newspaper understands that two police constables and a CPG member were on patrol in the area when they saw the two youths, one of whom is a student of a private training school, walking along Diamond Access Road, and acting in a suspicious manner. As a result, the patrol stopped, carried out a search on their persons and a black kitchen knife was found in a haversack one of them had on his back, while a pair of scissors was found in the possession of the other.
Naturally the police became suspicious and arrested the youths and took them to the Diamond/Grove Police Station.
There one of the policemen checked the cellular phone of one of the suspects and saw a picture of both of them posing with a .22 revolver.
As a result of intense questioning the cops returned to the area where the two youths were first arrested and carried out a search. There they found the weapon.
During further interrogation the young suspects claimed that they were going to rob a Chinese restaurant at Second Bridge, Diamond Housing Scheme and on seeing the police they threw away the firearm.
Earlier the same night, police recovered another illegal firearm at the home of a gold and diamond trader, at Lam’s Drive D’Urban Backlands. Reports are that around about 19:55 hrs, acting upon information, one Sergeant Parks and a party of policemen, went to Lot 148 Lam’s Drive, D’Urban Backlands, where they contacted one Anthony Crawford, aka Dorian Anthony Rodrigues.
A search was carried out in his apartment and a black and silver 9MM pistol with two magazines were found in the flooring of the bedroom.
Police seized the weapon and ammunition along with a motor car which was on the premises. They also took Crawford into custody.
Investigations are in progress.

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