Police remove three illicit firearms, ammunition off the streets

On Wednesday, the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force’s operation ‘Taking Illicit Firearms Off the Streets’ netted three firearms, as well as ammunition.

The operation was carried out by members of the Georgetown Police Station, who arrested Andy Craigg of Georgetown and Wynard Mapp, whose address is given as Calder and Georgetown.{{more}}

The police found a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun with four rounds of ammunition; one Stallard Arms nine millimetre pistol with 31 rounds of ammunition; a .25 millimetre pistol with eight rounds of ammunition and three rounds of .22 ammunition.

The police continue to investigate the matter.

Members of the public with information regarding these firearms and ammunition can contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 457-1211 or 456-2906 or 456-1810 or the Georgetown Police Station at 458-6229. (Police Public Relations)