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Crime

Shoe Lane taxi driver on gun, ammo charges

By Staff Editor Sat, June 27 2026, 2:04 AM GMT-4

Ryan Lewis, a 37-year-old taxi driver of Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam, Berbice, has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

According to a release from the police, he appeared yesterday before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, where the charges were read to him. He pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Bail was granted in the sum of $400,000 for the firearm charge and $300,000 for the ammunition charge.

The matter was adjourned to July 6, 2026.

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