(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division Seven are investigating the discovery of a firearm and ammunition during an operation at Sherima, Region Seven, on Saturday.

According to police, ranks conducting the operation at about 9:30 hrs stopped and searched a motor lorry driven by a 32-year-old man of Timehri North, East Bank Demerara. He was accompanied by a 20-year-old Venezuelan national.

During the search, officers reportedly found a 9mm Taurus pistol and three matching rounds of live ammunition concealed in a storage compartment of the vehicle.