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Court Brief: Venezuelans & Ports Authority Staff in trouble with the law
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a story first and accurately reported by our newsroom on August 29, 2017, that some men were found in a house in Cox Heath with guns and cash in a joint operation by the police and Immigration and Customs Officials, who had swooped down on the men for overstaying their time in the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘Missteps in past coming home to roost’- Hon Fraser on crime
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the murder rate here in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) reaching an unprecedented 10, with one more month still to go in 2017, Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has gone a step further than condemning the gun violence by proposing solutions to the problem.
UPDATE: Venezuelans were found with loaded firearm & $$- Police
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today, August 31, 2017 confirmed our newsroom’s first and accurate story of August 29, 2017 which had stated that three Venezuelans were arrested in Cox Heath, on the western end of Tortola.
New law requires all guns to be registered at USVI ports of entry
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— If US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp signs into law a bill sponsored by Senator Tregenza Roach, all guns coming into the territory must be registered at ports of entry including sea and land.
This is the kind of firepower on the streets of the USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department says it’s working to get guns off the streets. Have a look of at least one of the weapons officers recovered in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands between Friday June 25 and Saturday June 26, 2016 (in photo).
Senior lawyer thinks murder rate will fall if Jamaicans are armed
JAMAICA OBSERVER
Prominent Jamaican lawyer Captain Paul Beswick wants legislation to be passed that will allow ordinary Jamaicans to be able to own and carry guns.
UPDATE: Caines gets 5 years for VG ‘guns in wall find’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Gorda resident Elroy Caines, 27, was handed a total of 5 years’ imprisonment when he appeared before the Magistrates Court today, April 4, 2014 for sentencing on weapons possession charges.
Update -Three charged in guns & ammo seizure!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police confirmed that they have charged three persons from the United States Virgin Islands, in connection with carrying unlicensed firearms following the interception made yesterday July 20, 2012 in Frenchman's Cay.
Do business owners need guns?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The barefaced robbery on a jewellery store yesterday, Monday December 5, 2011 has raised the concern of why it is so difficult for a business owner to get a licensed firearm or an armed security personnel.
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