Guyana receives firearms marker to fight gunrunning

Firearm marker: From right are US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt, OAS representative Denis Moses, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean Julissa Reynoso with the firearms marker.

The government yesterday received a much-needed boost in its arsenal to halt illicit arms trafficking in the form of a machine used to mark firearms.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, who received the United States’ donation of the US$10,000 Styliner Mark 3 Dot Peen Marking Machine, said that it would enable law enforcement authorities to trace firearms.

The presentation, on the final day of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission meeting at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, is part of the