Businessman charged with having unlicensed pistol, ammo

A businessman was on Friday remanded to prison by a city magistrate on charges that he had an illegal pistol and ammunition.

Naipaul Basdeoram, 25, of Lot 3 Good Hope Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, was charged with having possession of a .380 pistol without a licence as well as possession of nine live rounds of matching ammunition on July 15, while not being a licensed firearm holder.

Basdeoram was represented by attorney Dexter Todd, who stated that when the police officers