Two held with ski masks, grenade and pistol

Jun 07, 2012 News

Ranks from a police mobile patrol operating in the city got a shock when they searched a haversack carried by a suspicious man and found a live hand grenade and an illegal .32 pistol with matching rounds.
The discovery was made shortly before 01:00 hours yesterday at Charlestown, Georgetown.
Kaieteur News understands that the police stumbled upon the men who were walking on Broad Street and acting in a suspicious manner.

The grenade, firearm and ammunition and a ski mask recovered from the haversack in the possession of the broad street suspect.

Upon seeing the ranks, the men who were from all indications about to commit a crime, decided to run.
One of the men, who was carrying a haversack, attempted to remove the contents from the bag as he was fleeing but he was quickly cornered by the cops before he could have done so.
“We don’t know if he go to throw it away or throw it at the police,” a man who claimed to be an eyewitness told this newspaper.
A check of the bag unearthed the grenade and the firearm with the ammunition, along with a ski mask used by criminals.
The two men were arrested and are assisting the police with investigations.
And on the East Coast of Demerara, police recovered a .25 Titan pistol and 15 matching rounds from a house in Third Street, Mon Repos after they went there to investigate a report of threatening behaviour around 14:45 hours on Tuesday.
Police in a statement said that a man was arrested and is in police custody.
According to reports, the man and his brother live in separate apartments within the same house.
Neighbours said that the two brothers were engaged in a heated argument during which the suspect threatened to assault his sibling and burn the house down.
The police were called in and during a search of the house they found the firearm and ammunition.
The man admitted that the weapon was his but he claimed that he found it in a house that he was paid to clean.
The man said that he found the weapon wrapped in a handkerchief and thought that it was a toy gun, so he took it home.
He too is assisting police with their investigations.