Police in Regional Division #3 (West Demerara) have seized a firearm that was found by a teenage boy.
According to police reports, acting on information received on Friday at about 16:00h, ranks went to the Vreed-en-Hoop junction, West Coast Demerara, where they met two male teenagers – both 17-year-old.
One of the teens is from ‘Jetty Squatting Area’, WCD, and the other is from New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop. The teens handed over a .32 pistol with eight (8) live matching rounds of ammunition to the Police.
When questioned, one of the teens said he found the firearm in a ‘trackway’ in the Jetty area leading out to the sea.
The teen said he went by a friend and showed him the gun, and asked him if it was a real gun. His friend then called the police.
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