After searches were conducted on his property on Tuesday, an Orange Walk resident has since been charged after police discovered a scope attached to his licensed gun. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Joseph Myvett provided the details. ACP Joseph Myvette: “Police acting on information visited the residence of Abraham Friesen at camp # 23 Shipyard Village Orange Walk District where a …

On August 7th at eleven forty-five a.m., a search of an abandoned parcel of land on William Schofield Street in Corozal Town, led police to discover a homemade firearm and live rounds of ammunition inside the chamber of the weapon. No one was found in the area at the time and the police labelled the items as found property.

On Thursday, a police patrol in Unitedville in the Cayo District, has police searching for Alexander Rios, after he was found to be in possession of an unlicensed firearm. Police apparently spotted Rios and another male by a creek in the village, which runs adjacent to the highway. However, when Rios spotted the police, he tried escaping across the creek.  …

A .38 snub nose revolver handgun was removed from the streets yesterday. The gun which was loaded with four .38 S and B brand rounds of ammunition was found on Fern Lane in Belize City during a search. A chrome and black 9mm pistol was also found. Officers found it in an abandoned boat in the Conch Shell Bay Area …

A seven year old female child became a victim of gun violence in Belize City last night. Johnelle McKenzie files the report. A little girl is in a critical condition after being shot last night in Belize City. A family had just sat down to watch the news when all of a sudden a barrage of bullets invaded their living …

Around midday today a joint GSU, SPU and San Pedro Police conducted an operation in the San Mateo area in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye which led to the discovery of a point forty five and a point three eighty weapon with magazines and nine point three eighty rounds. No one was in the area so the items were deposited as found …

Thirty one year old Brandon Taylor has been charged for ‘kept firearm and ammunition without a gun license. Police say that at around eight o’clock last night they spotted Taylor on Central American Boulevard in Belize City.  When Taylor saw the officers he reportedly dashed into a yard and attempted to hide the firearm at a house. Police detained Taylor, …

Marijuana and live ammunition were taken off the streets of Belize City yesterday. Officers of the Mobile Interdiction Team conducted an anti-drug and firearm operations in the Pitts Alley area of Belize City. There they found a yellow box which had in it 178 grams of marijuana, twenty three lives rounds of .380 ammunition and twelve live rounds of 9mm …

An inferior court appeal by 27 year old Al Jones, succeeded today when Justice Adolph Lucas ruled that they were discrepancies in the testimonies of prosecution witnesses and he quashed the conviction, set aside the sentence and acquitted Jones. On March 15, 2016, Jones was convicted of possession of a point thirty eight revolver and he was sentenced to five …

Police in Punta Gorda confiscated a twenty gauge shotgun they found among some mangroves during a joint operation with the Belize Defence Force and the Belize Coast Guard.  The units were doing a river patrol near the Sarstoon Island when they saw a red and white item stashed within the mangroves.  Closer inspection led them to the firearm which was …