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Nov 05, 2012 News
Residents of First Dam, Garden of Eden, received a disturbing surprise at around 06:00 hrs yesterday, when they found a large arms cache on the roadside in the East Bank Demerara farming community.
Police revealed that the ammunition, amounting to 1, 407 rounds of various calibers, and a loaded .38 Taurus Special Revolver, were stashed in two suitcases and a travelling bag.
The ammunition included .38, 7.62×39, .45, .44, .40, 9mm, .25 and .380 rounds; and 12 gauge cartridges.
Two bullet proof vests, two pairs of black leather boots, three face masks, and a quantity of clothing in two black suitcases and a travelling bag were also in the suitcase.
Police officials confirmed that some of the clothing and the leather boots, appeared to be similar to clothing worn by members of the Guyana Police Force.
Police said that they are still trying to trace the owners of the cache and ascertain why it was abandoned.
Some sources speculated that the individuals may have been disturbed by a police patrol and were forced to abandon the cache.
Residents told Kaieteur News that they spotted the suitcases while walking in the area at around 06:00 hrs. Some claimed that the firearm and some of the ammunition were outside of the suitcases.
Residents also claimed that they heard strange vehicles passing through the street on Saturday night but saw nothing unusual.
It was just last month that police at the Guyana/Brazil border location of Lethem unearthed a large cache of arms and ammunition in a yard at Tabatingan.
That cache comprised four automatic rifles, along with four magazines and 389 rounds 7.62×39 calibre ammunition; six M-16 rifles along with two magazines and 74 matching rounds; two Shrapnel hand grenades; one Icon VHF radio set; one Icon hand-held radio set; and a roll of camouflage material.
A teenage lad was subsequently charged in connection with the arms find, and police also issued wanted bulletins for businessman Ricardo Ignatius Rodrigues, called “Fatman” and Clive Lloyd King, called “Bora.”
Rodrigues was released after turning himself in. Just a few days later, Rodrigues, a well known associate of convicted drug dealer Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, was riddled with bullets as he sat at a table at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club compound.
Fifteen days later, Rodrigues’ close associate, Marlon Osborne aka Marlon Scott and ‘Trini’, was gunned down in almost similar fashion near the junction of Peter Rose and Laluni Streets, Queenstown.
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