Benedict Thompson, one of two persons arrested after the discovery of an arms cache that included AK-47 rifles and grenades at Lethem, was yesterday arraigned on weapons possession charges.
Thompson, 19, was remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to the four charges read against him by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The police are claiming that Thompson was found with a weapon and then led them to the location of others—but the man’s lawyer refuted their account and he suggested that the
