Tag: gun possession
North Side man due in court over loaded gun
(CNS): Police have charged a 30-year-old unnamed man from North Side after he was arrested on Friday 13 December at the Dolphin’s Plaza on Eastern Avenue when police found a loaded gun and what was suspected to be cocaine was connected to him after a stop and search. At around 3:30AM the Firearm Response Unit was […]
Two men jailed over illegal automatic guns and drugs
(CNS): Two local men in unrelated cases were jailed this week after admitting to possession of illegal guns modified into automatic weapons and significant quantities of drugs. Jay Calvert Ebanks (31), a local boat captain from Savannah, was given eight years and nine months for possession of a gun converted from a semi-automatic to a […]
Four charged in drugs & guns import conspiracy
(CNS): Following a joint investigation conducted by the RCIPS and the Anti-Corruption Commission, a 32-year-old male civilian staffer with the police, a 33-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, all from George Town, have been formally charged with conspiracy to import firearms and component parts of firearms, conspiracy to import ammunition, and conspiracy to import and […]
West Bay man admits having sub-machine gun
(CNS): Mitchell Chean Ebanks (56) from West Bay pleaded guilty on Friday to the possession of a sub-machine gun, high-capacity magazine and 29 rounds of ammunition. When Ebanks appeared in Grand Court Friday via video link, he admitted having a prohibited 9mm Luger Glock 17 handgun fitted with an automatic sear and a high-capacity extended […]
Man claims he was press-ganged into holding gun
(CNS): Mikael Antonio Williams (29) was jailed for seven and a half years in December 2022 after a loaded 9mm pistol and extra ammunition were found at the George Town home he shared with his partner and her adult daughter. Williams admitted having the weapon and where it was when police arrived with a search […]
Mother serving ten years over boyfriend’s gun
(CNS): Thalia Ashanti Barnes (25), the mother of a seven-year-old child, was sentenced to ten years in jail last summer for the possession of her boyfriend’s gun. The court found there were no exceptional circumstances relating to her or the crime when she was convicted in December 2022. The details of the case were revealed […]
Gun seized after early morning West Bay raid
(CNS): A 56-year-old man from West Bay and a 47-year-old woman from George Town were arrested early Thursday morning following a raid at a house off North West Point Road that resulted in a gun and a collection of magazines and ammunition being seized. The RCIPS said that officers had cause to conduct the search […]
Police seize illegal gun, two men arrested
(CNS): RCIPS officers have taken another illegal handgun off the streets after stopping and searching a car in George Town over the weekend. On Friday night, officers on targeted patrol “had cause to observe the movements of a silver Honda Fit”, according to the RCIPS. Later that night, around 2am on Saturday, they saw the […]
Robbery suspect tracked through stolen phone
(CNS): A 27-year-old man from George Town who is suspected of being involved in a burglary that happened yesterday and two recent armed robberies was arrested after police tracked a stolen phone to his home. The RCIPS said that shortly before 2:00pm on Thursday, 9 May, police officers responded to a report of a burglary at […]
Another illegal gun found during traffic stop
(CNS): The police have seized another unlicensed gun after stopping two cars on Mary Street in George Town in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two West Bay men, aged 24 and 27, have now been charged and are expected in court today in relation to the discovery of the loaded weapon. Police Commissioner Kurt […]
Man charged over gun while on early release
(CNS): A 32-year-old man from Bodden Town was remanded in custody after being charged with a catalogue of offences, including possession of an illegal gun, following a police chase last Tuesday, 23 April, in South Sound. The man, who was on licensed early release, had attempted to avoid a police vehicle checkpoint along South Sound […]
