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A large number of guns were Friday afternoon seized at a city wharf by customs officers during the clearance of a barrel that was sent from the United States (US),  Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Kurshid Sattaur said.

A senior police officer told Demerara Waves Online News that the guns include two AK-47 assault rifles, several 9MM pistols and more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

The find was made about 2 PM at the La Parkan Wharf, Lombard Street, Georgetown by the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the GRA.

The detainee, who is unemployed, is said to be a resident of the lower East Coast Demerara.

Sattaur said the weapons and one suspect were handed over to the police, as part of an inter-agency cooperation.

http://www.caribnewsdesk.com/n...seized-at-city-wharf

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This was the only shipment that got caught, many more passed through since February.

 

The APNU better watch out, we got a war on our hands.

 

Two AK 47 rifles, 15 other guns, ammo found in cargo at GNIC

By Anand Persaud On May 8, 2015 @ 10:05 pm In Local News

At about 1130h. today, the police say that during the clearing of a cargo consignment at the GNIC Wharf by GRA Officials a cache of arms and ammunition was found comprising two (2) AK 47 Rifles, four (4) 40 pistols, eleven (11) 9mm. pistols, fifteen (15) extra magazines for the firearms, 489 various calibre rounds for the firearms and a body protection vest.

A man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

The arms cache recovered [Police photo)The arms cache recovered (Police photo)

 


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FM
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

This is probably another PPP ramsammy operation to destabilize the country.

Stormy, Please comment

Bai, don't hold your breath. Dem Opposition bais don't see Georgie Porgie committing defamation of character here.  The past month or two has been a real mad house around here.

FM
Originally Posted by ksazma:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

This is probably another PPP ramsammy operation to destabilize the country.

Stormy, Please comment

Bai, don't hold your breath. Dem Opposition bais don't see Georgie Porgie committing defamation of character here.  The past month or two has been a real mad house around here.

I dont expect Mits and Stormy to be fair, especially at this time.

Nehru
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

This is probably another PPP ramsammy operation to destabilize the country.

 

How come the moderator didn't close this thread for same reason he close Nehru's thread? Nehru's heading was misleading and here we have members quotes are misleading? I believe this thread should close too.

FM
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THE Guyana Police Force has reported that, at about 11:30 hrs yesterday, during the clearing of a cargo consignment at the GNIC Wharf in Georgetown by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Officials, a cache of arms and ammunition was found comprising two (2) AK 47 rifles, four (4) 40 pistols, eleven (11) 9mm. pistols, fifteen (15) extra magazines for the firearms, 489 various caliber rounds for the firearms and a body protection vest.

Police took into custody a 23-year-old construction worker of Buxton/Friendship, East Coast Demerara after the very frightening discovery was made in a shipment that was posted to him by someone from a United States of America address.

‘ARRESTED’: Jamal Murphy

‘ARRESTED’: Jamal Murphy

Jamal Murphy who, up to late last evening was still being grilled by the Police, was arrested after he showed up to receive the consignment that was in his name at a City wharf.

When the man had finished paying for the shipment and was about to uplift, Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), as is customary, opened the shipment in his presence and found that there was food-stuff in the box as well as a military haversack.

When the GRA Officers opened the haversack, they stumbled on the weapons, which according to police sources, are all brand new.
In the bag were the shocking arms cache. Police sources told this newspaper that the pistols are likely to carry a very high price since they come with sensors which automatically cause the price for weapons with such features to be spiked.

Information reaching the Chronicle stated that when the young man was questioned by the police, he told them that the box was not his property but that he was only receiving the shipment for someone else.

Investigators reported to this newspaper that when Murphy was pulled in for questioning, he sounded very confident about what he was saying as he did not give them much information, saying only that he was uplifting the shipment for a man whom he knows only as a “tall red person.”

The police are of the view that the man might have been schooled by legal minds before heading to uplift the shipment. The Police yesterday carried out a search at the young man’s home where some documents were removed from the premises to aid in their investigation.

Among the documents removed were papers which suggested that the 23-year-old from the Buxton/Friendship area had received  another shipment sometime last month from the very person, but the contents of that box are not yet known.

The police are also of the view that based on the description provided by the young man, the man to whom the shipment was consigned is a person of interest to them and has been so for some time now.
The police are likely to issue a Wanted Bulletin for the man over the weekend if they are unable to locate him at the places their intelligence leads them to. (Leroy Smith)

 

 

 

RE:

saying only that he was uplifting the shipment for a man whom he knows only as a “tall red person.”

 

 

Could be a hint....tall man..wearing red shirt...hmmmm!!! 

We know who wearin' red shirts but who tall?

cain
Last edited by cain
Originally Posted by cain:

THE Guyana Police Force has reported that, at about 11:30 hrs yesterday, during the clearing of a cargo consignment at the GNIC Wharf in Georgetown by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Officials, a cache of arms and ammunition was found comprising two (2) AK 47 rifles, four (4) 40 pistols, eleven (11) 9mm. pistols, fifteen (15) extra magazines for the firearms, 489 various caliber rounds for the firearms and a body protection vest.

Police took into custody a 23-year-old construction worker of Buxton/Friendship, East Coast Demerara after the very frightening discovery was made in a shipment that was posted to him by someone from a United States of America address.

‘ARRESTED’: Jamal Murphy

‘ARRESTED’: Jamal Murphy

Jamal Murphy who, up to late last evening was still being grilled by the Police, was arrested after he showed up to receive the consignment that was in his name at a City wharf.

When the man had finished paying for the shipment and was about to uplift, Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), as is customary, opened the shipment in his presence and found that there was food-stuff in the box as well as a military haversack.

When the GRA Officers opened the haversack, they stumbled on the weapons, which according to police sources, are all brand new.
In the bag were the shocking arms cache. Police sources told this newspaper that the pistols are likely to carry a very high price since they come with sensors which automatically cause the price for weapons with such features to be spiked.

Information reaching the Chronicle stated that when the young man was questioned by the police, he told them that the box was not his property but that he was only receiving the shipment for someone else.

Investigators reported to this newspaper that when Murphy was pulled in for questioning, he sounded very confident about what he was saying as he did not give them much information, saying only that he was uplifting the shipment for a man whom he knows only as a “tall red person.”

The police are of the view that the man might have been schooled by legal minds before heading to uplift the shipment. The Police yesterday carried out a search at the young man’s home where some documents were removed from the premises to aid in their investigation.

Among the documents removed were papers which suggested that the 23-year-old from the Buxton/Friendship area had received  another shipment sometime last month from the very person, but the contents of that box are not yet known.

The police are also of the view that based on the description provided by the young man, the man to whom the shipment was consigned is a person of interest to them and has been so for some time now.
The police are likely to issue a Wanted Bulletin for the man over the weekend if they are unable to locate him at the places their intelligence leads them to. (Leroy Smith)

 

 

 

RE:

saying only that he was uplifting the shipment for a man whom he knows only as a “tall red person.”

 

 

Could be a hint....tall man..wearing red shirt...hmmmm!!! 

We know who wearin' red shirts but who tall?

Tell Abee who dat Cain?

Nehru

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