Police are hunting for man who managed to escape during what has been described as the largest seizure of illegal firearms by the South Western Division police on Saturday.
Police said they went to the man’s premises, located at Southern Main Road, Claxton Bay, around 10 am. During a search they found two shotguns, five AK-47s assault rifles, one rifle, one .9mm pistol, 18 firearm magazines, one scope and in excess of 1,000 rounds of assorted ammunition.
The gun find brings to 74 the number of illegal firearms seized by South Western Division, surpassing by 20 the amount discovered for the comparative period in 2015, a release stated.
The exercise was spearheaded by Acting Snr Supt Inraj Balram and included Insp Brian Ramphal, Sgt Terrence Victor, Sgt Shahid Ali and officers of the South Western Division Task Force, CID.