A man is in police custody after an unlicensed gun with matching rounds was found in his possession moments after a search was conducted on the car he was driving.

According to a police press release, around 21:45 hrs ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched a motor vehicle at Rasville, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, during which an unlicensed .38 revolver with five rounds was found in the possession of the driver.

He has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.