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July 23rd, 2023
16 firearms & 3 tonnes of cocaine seized by police for 2023- Gov Rankin

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting the need for every law-abiding citizen to play their part in tackling the drugs trade, Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has said Police have assessed that the four murders committed this year are linked to that trade and/or organised criminal groups.

August 18th, 2022
22-year-old man charged for prohibited weapon & ammo

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police have charged a 22-year-old Carrot Bay man with having a prohibited weapon and ammunition after a search of his residence early yesterday, Wednesday, August 17, 2022, uncovered the illegal items.

December 7th, 2020
21 illegal firearms seized in 2020- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI–In this year alone, 2020, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) seized 21 illegal firearms.

October 4th, 2020
UPDATE: T’Quan Bodkin & Kenaz Hazel allegedly found with loaded firearm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) first and accurately reported that two persons were recently held on separate occasions for possession of firearm, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has since released the names of the arrested men.

May 27th, 2020
‘Weapons of war’ found in apartment of businessman, doctor & phone technician

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A businessman, a doctor and a phone technician have been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut after they were placed before the court on gun and drugs charges today, May 27, 2020.

January 24th, 2017
RVIPF confiscates two illegal firearms

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Scene of Crime Detectives are completing initial checks on two illegal firearms seized this past week before submitting the ballistics on both weapons for further forensic examination overseas.

June 28th, 2016
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).

December 3rd, 2015
Explosives found @ home of couple that killed 14 in california

BBC NEWS

The attackers who killed 14 people and wounded 21 at a social services centre in California had an arsenal of weaponry in their home, police said.

September 14th, 2015
Police allegedly recover firearm & ammo in home of Travis Gumbs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Yesterday evening, September 13, 2015, one of four men arrested as a result of a stop/search operation was charged with additional firearm charges.

June 3rd, 2014
Police investigate robbery near Stickett

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police are investigating a report of robbery which has resulted in injuries to one man.

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