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Police recover firearms, drugs in separate incidents

Two men are in custody after police recovered three illegal firearms and a quantity of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents on Thursday and Friday.

In the first incident, shortly after 8:30pm on Thursday, Southeastern Division Officers acting on information conducted a search of a bushy area off Gamble Heights and recovered a 9 millimetre pistol. No arrests were made and investigations are ongoing.

The second incident, shortly after 7am on Friday, saw Eleuthera Division Officers search a home at Grant Street, Harbour Island and recover three packages of suspected marijuana, weighing 1.5 lbs., a .40 pistol, three rounds of ammunition and $5,295.00 cash – suspected of being the proceeds of crime.

A resident was taken into custody and is expected to be charged next week.

In the third incident, shortly after 11pm on Friday, Anti-Gang and Firearms Officers searched a home in a Haitian community on Sea Breeze Lane and recovered an unlicensed shotgun and seven rounds of ammunition.

A man was taken into custody and is also expected to be charged next week.

Comments

sealice 5 years, 9 months ago

WTF you need a gun for in Harbour Island?? all the billionaires only use credit cards? who you gonna rob and where you think you runnin to?

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