18 year old Ladyville resident Merkel Pitts died from gunshot injuries on Friday, and Belize rural police say they clamped down on the village over the weekend to prevent a recurrence. Mobile and foot patrols were deployed primarily in the Marage Road/Milpa Area of Ladyville where both Pitts and Rene Chavarria were killed in the last month.
And it paid off with this gun. On Saturday evening at 4:15, the Rural Response Team searched in some bushes in the Japan Area where they found a Ruger P95 9 millimeter pistol without any serial number and four live rounds. Police believe it could be linked to one of the recent murders and they have sent it to the Forensic Laboratory for ballistic tests.
In that same area, Police found two parcels of suspected cannabis weighing a total of 7 ounces, which was labeled as found property.
Because the bushes are used as a stash spot, police are working to clear the area.
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