Vryheid’s Lust guard jailed for having submachine gun

Edward Hubert McCollin, the security guard who was charged last year with unlawful possession of a submachine gun that police say he tried to stash in a septic tank, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail for the crime.

McCollin, 37, of Lot 67 South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, was charged in June, 2015, with having an Intratec 9mm submachine gun as well as eight casings without being the holder of a firearm licence.

McCollin had pleaded not guilty to the charges when they