News
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Police investigate robbery near Stickett
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police are investigating a report of robbery which has resulted in injuries to one man.