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Special Branch Finds Gun, Weed
posted (December 3, 2012)
The Special Branch is making the news again tonight for some high value seizures they made this weekend. Foremost among them is a 20 gauge pump action shotgun along with ONE live cartridge.

Based on information, this was found on an abandoned lot in Maskall Village on Saturday.

No was in the area and the shotgun and cartridge were classed as "FOUND PROPERTY". Back in the city, on Friday afternoon, the Special Branch also found 109 grammes, about four ounces of marijuana stashed in the bumper of a car in Pink's Alley.

On Saturday afternoon, using Special Branch information, Police searched an abandoned lot in the vicinity of Linda Vista area, where they found a black plastic bag with 102 grams of cannabis.

In other police news, On Friday night, a family dispute turned into gunplay after a windshield was broken. At 11:15, 27 year old mechanic Brandon James, was at his Raceocurse street home when he heard a bang and saw that someone had smashed the windshield on a 1995 BMW that he was repairing.

He saw his cousin and another man he recognized running away. James chased them unto Caesar Ridge Road where he alleges his cousin fired a shot that missed him. Police are investigating.

And, finally, in police news, a 22 year old woman was arrested and charged for committing a mischievous act. Monica Miguel visited the Belize City CIB office and reported that she was kidnapped on November 29th about 7:30am on Jasmine Street where she lives.

She described her kidnappers as a dark skinned woman with dreads and a man who was driving a black car resembling a Camry. But when police checked into it, the story - or the details she provided - didn't add up. They concluded that Miguel's report was false and so she was arrested and charged with a mischievous act.

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