Garnett St vendor remanded over gun charge

Fifty-year-old Lawrence Pollard, a vendor of Lot 211 Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

It is alleged that on Wednesday, September 6, at Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, Pollard had in his possession five live rounds of ammunition without being a licensed firearm holder at the time.

It is also alleged that on the same date, the defendant had in his possession a .32 pistol without being a licensed firearm holder at the time.