Latest update March 29th, 2025 5:38 AM
34 arrested during police raids
– guns found, motorcycles seized
On Wednesday, police conducted early morning cordon and search operations in city ghettos and Sophia on the East Coast of Demerara, during which 35 men were arrested pending investigations into a number of criminal offences.
In the first raid, scores of police swooped down on Kitty, Leopold Street and East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, during which 24 men were arrested for possession and trafficking in narcotics and pending investigations into armed robberies.
Two motorcycles that are suspected to have been stolen were seized
The guns found by police during the Albouystown raid.
by the police.
Then the police moved their operations to Sophia where they detained 10 men pending investigations into burglaries and armed robberies. A laptop computer that was reported stolen was recovered.
And at around 14:15 hours yesterday a police unit conducted a search on a house at Bel Air Street, Albouystown, during which a .38 Taurus revolver with six rounds and a .357 Magnum revolver with three rounds were recovered.
A man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
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