Georgetown: As part of heightened security activities to ensure domestic security, the Joint Services, Saturday conducted Operation Safe Guard at the Georgetown and New Amsterdam prisons and seized a large quantity of contraband items. At the Georgetown Prison 21 improvised weapons and knives, 20 razor blades, 558 grams of marijuana, 22 cellular phones and five gallons of homemade wine, along with a number of other banned items were found. A lesser number of items were found at the New Amsterdam prison. That operation was concluded at 11:30 am today.
Of grave concern to the security forces is that the Georgetown Prison was last searched on September 23, 2016, which means that the contraband item haul accumulated in just under two months. The Government will continue to work closely with the Guyana Prison Service and the Joint Services to address on-going security weaknesses at the nation’s correctional facilities.
The Guyana Police Force, along with the Joint Services where necessary, will continue to scale up security activities in targeted areas to ensure the security of residents and visitors across Guyana as the country enters the holiday season and in light of the up tick in criminal activity. The Government of Guyana continues to urge citizens to cooperate with the security forces.
The items which were confiscated at the Georgetown Prison include:
22 cellular Phones
558 grams marijuana
9 packets cigarettes
8 cellular phone chargers
A quantity zip lock bags
45 lighters
A quantity of bamboo wrapper
A Quantity of wine
21 Weapons
4 cellular phone batteries
1 arrow
2 scissors
$300 GYD
$200 TT
4 grabber hooks
5 gallons of home made wine,
20 razor blades
5 sim cards
1 tattoo machine
You must be logged in to post a comment.