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Southside Cops seized Guns/Drugs Out of Lake I
posted (October 24, 2016)
Eastern Division South also made their own drug and firearm busts in the Saint Martin De Porres. This morning, the Southside Police Commander told us that they came upon the illegal items due to assistance of the general public which has embraced their community policing efforts:

ACP Chester Williams - Commander, Southside
"Over the past couple of months, the public has been very supportive of the work of the police on south side Belize City and that relationship that we have fostered with the public continues to pay dividends for us and yesterday was another example where on 3 different occasions police received information and acting upon those information received, we were able to confiscate from the streets of Belize City yesterday 2 firearms; that is a 9mm pistol with 18 live rounds and one .38 revolver. The incident, we seized a total of 925 grams of cannabis from the streets. So I want to continue to give thanks to the public for helping us in making Southside Belize City a safer place and we want to be able to build upon that relationship that we have built to ensure that it remains at a level where the police can provide the level of security that the citizens of south side Belize City deserves. We know that both firearms are functional and most naturally someone had put them there to have it out of the reach of the police. But again, like I said, the public has been very helpful and we call upon others who may know of firearms that is being concealed by those persons who are known to be involved in gang activities to let us know."

Police say that the guns will be tested to see if they have been used in any recent crimes that the police are currently investigating.

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