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GSU Gets Guns, Says PIV Gang Is Moving East
posted (November 27, 2012)
The GSU was at it again today with a pre-dawn raid which they say pursued specific gang and drug targets.

Between 5:00 and 9:00, a search was conducted at the residence of what the GSU calls a known drug peddler on Faber's Road. Nothing incriminating was found on the premises, but one hundred and fourteen grams - about four ounces of cannabis was found along the zinc fence outside the yard in a black plastic bag stuffed in a KLIM pan.

Because it was detected outside the property it was labeled as found property.

A search was also conducted at the residence of another drug peddler on Raccoon Street extension between 9am and 11am but nothing incriminating was found.

But in front of the yard thrown in with in a pile of garbage, the GSU found a Clorox bottle with two hundred and eighty six grams of cannabis - about 10 ounces - inside a black plastic bag. That was also labeled found property.

At 11 am the GSU officers moved on to an apartment complex on Mopan Street that led to two apartments occupied by reputed members of the PIV gang. The GSU reports that "one of the apartments was occupied by 12 key members of the PIV Gang."

They found an outboard engine and no one could account for it being there. They have been consequently detained pending an investigation of handling stolen goods.

A search of the other apartment led the officers to a room occupied by 41 year old Dana Marie Cassasola, a domestic and 29 year old Jessie James Garbutt. Police found a mere gram of cannabis - less than point 1 of an ounce. But still, both Cassasola and Garbutt were arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug.

A search along the perimeter fence in an adjacent property led to the discovery of a black plastic bag with 2 live rounds of 9 mm ammunition. Next to it was a black plastic bag containing a black 9 mm pistol holster. A further search along the edge of the property led to the discovery of a black plastic bag that contained a Glock 9mm pistol. Inside its magazine were 15 live rounds of 9 mm ammunition.

As the search continued it turned up another black plastic bag with a CZ 75 BD - 9mm pistol was stuffed under the bushes along the edge of the adjacent property. Inside its magazine were 14 live rounds of 9 mm ammunition. Scenes of Crimes technicians have processed the firearms for fingerprints and they will also be forwarded for ballistic comparison.

The GSU reports that the GLOCK 9mm pistol has been traced to a license owner who is a prominent attorney - at - law and was last licensed in February of this year.

The GSU reports that while all persons occupying these two apartments are PIV members, they have moved their base of operation since the PIV area was declared as special crime ridden area.

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