No practice of allowing unauthorised possession of guns – GDF

Devon Harris

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has said that there has never been nor is there now a “culture” within its administration and operations that allows any of its members to be in unlawful possession of its weapons.

In a press release issued on Thursday, the army refuted a statement attributed to attorney Patrice Henry, who in defence of his client, a soldier charged with unlawful possession of an army-issued handgun, told the court that “it is the culture of the arms store to allow him to carry guns.”

The GDF said the statement attributed to Henry, and published in