The Guyana Defence Force officer and three other men held on Saturday with illegal guns and ammunition were yesterday faced with charges.
It was alleged that Lance Corporal Aaron Eastman, 27, Mark Anthony, 22, Andrew Davis-Escott, 25 and Brian Escott, 27, were carrying an unlicensed sawn-off pump action shotgun with matching rounds and an unlicensed .32 revolver with matching rounds, on December 5th, at Robb Street.
They were charged with having both the weapons and ammunition without being the holder of firearm licences. The men pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Mark Waldron, the attorney representing Eastman, told the court that his client had been the driver of the vehicle where the bag containing the guns and ammunition were found.