Diamond bond attendant charged over guns, bribery

Terrence Williams

Terrence Williams, who is the focus of a probe into the theft of pharmaceutical supplies from the Ministry of Health’s Diamond drug bond, was on Friday faced with five charges, including the unlawful possession of guns and bribery.

Williams, 22, of Lot 251 Farm, East Bank Demerara (EBD), appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce, who read the charges to him and remanded him to prison.

He faced two counts of unlawful possession of firearms, two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition, and one count of attempting to engage in a corrupt transaction.