Soldiers leaving the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) base at Tacama, Berbice River are rarely searched, making the smuggling of grenades or any type of arms an easy task, a source has said.
“It is very easy to get them [arms] out of there. Soldiers aren’t searched when they leave the training base. A grenade is smaller than a Fruta can, so they can put it in their backpacks and move with it,” the source, who is familiar with army procedures, told Stabroek News.
On Monday evening, the GDF said that a Warrant Officer is under close arrested after a deliberate plan to steal grenades from the Colonel John Clarke Military School, at Tacama was uncovered. The grenades, numbering 40, were found in two boxes aback of the
