Belize City Man Arrested for Drugs and Firearms Offenses

Police have arrested and charged a Belize City man for drugs and firearms offences. On Saturday night, twenty-four-year-old Kelvin Brian Willis, was apprehended by police on Douglas Jones Street. Police were responding to a report that several people wanted under the provisions of the State of Emergency were in the area. When officers arrived they saw Willis fleeing the scene and throwing away an object. Police intercepted Willis and when they searched him they found a small amount of marijuana on him. They searched a nearby grassy area, where they found a nine-millimeter pistol with fourteen live rounds in the magazine.