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Leopold St. man nabbed with gun and ammo
Kaieteur News- A Leopold Street, Charlestown man was nabbed by police ranks on Sunday with a pistol and matching ammunition.
The illegal gun that was seized by police
In a press release, police said that at about 01:30hrs Sunday, a Cadet Officer and a team of policemen from the Anti-Terrorism Unit from Police Headquarters were on mobile patrol duties in three Force motor vehicles and whilst in the vicinity of Leopold and Cross Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, they heard a loud explosion that sounded like a gunshot.
The ranks saw an identifiable male dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a coloured hoodie, running with what appeared to be a firearm in his hand and heading in a southerly direction and into a fenced yard.
Ranks gave chase behind the suspect, and he was apprehended.
The suspect refused to give his name to police
The suspect was searched and police found one 9MM Beretta pistol in his pants waist. The suspect was asked if he were the holder of a valid firearm licence and he said ‘no’. He was told of the offence committed and cautioned but he remained silent. The man was then arrested and refused to give his name and particulars to the ranks. The suspect was escorted to the Ruimveldt Police Station. Police also seized the firearm with a magazine of 10 matching rounds of 9mm ammunition. The suspect was later taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters where his hands were swabbed for gunpowder residue. He was later placed in custody pending further investigation.
(Leopold St. man nabbed with gun and ammo)
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