Philipsburg:--- Recently, the police department conducted some intense controls in numerous areas of the island. During these controls several suspects for whom arrests warrants were issued in connection with several ongoing investigations were arrested and put into custody. Also as part of the intense controls one of the main focuses was to locate and confiscate illegal fire arms that are in circulation on the island. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said police confiscated several illegal guns while conducting the controls. Henson said guns ranging from caliber .22 millimeter to .45 millimeter were confiscated and taken off the streets. The police department intends to continue the general controls indefinitely. Police carried out raid in Cape Bay.
The police spokesman said on Tuesday, October 25 at approximately 07:35pm, based on information reaching the police department regarding the sale of drugs at a home in Banjo Drive Cape Bay, police raided the home in question. During the raid and search of the home a plastic bucket containing a substantial amount of compacted marijuana was found and confiscated, also weighing scales, transparent plastic bags and other paraphernalia used to prepare the marijuana for sale were also found and confiscated. The suspect was not at home during the raid. The police department is still searching for the suspect in this case. These types of raids will also continue once proper information reaches the police department.
