Georgetown: Dozens of 7.62×39 ammunition, commonly known as AK-47 bullets, were on Friday afternoon discovered in several Ammunition boxes in a pit latrine at New Market Street, Georgetown.
At the time of the discovery, the occupant of the house who was at home was arrested and is assisting Police with their investigations.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum when contacted on Friday afternoon confirmed that 60 rounds of the ammunition were found in the pit. He noted that they were neatly packed in boxes. Blanhum added that based on information received, several Police ranks went to the location at about 15:00h and conducted a search on the house but came up empty handed.
Further, he stated that the Police ranks conducted search in the yard and found nothing as well, until they approached the latrine and observed several boxes in the pit; thus prompting them to investigation. As they retrieved the boxes and opened them, the ammunition was discovered.
The male occupant of the home was questioned, cautioned and taken into custody. This discovery comes weeks after the gun amnesty period concluded. The amnesty period was intended for persons in possession of illegal guns and ammunition to surrender same to the Police. During the period, over 186 guns were handed in, along with over 1800 ammunition of various calibres.
However, none of the guns handed in were forensically linked to any major crime; thus it was reported that the amnesty programme was a failure.
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