Tag: gun possession

Man admits having Glock.45 and loaded magazines

Man admits having Glock.45 and loaded magazines

| 19/06/2025 | 31 Comments

(CNS): Tomy Daniel Martinez Gomez (30) has pleaded guilty to the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Police officers found the gun during a vehicle stop and search on 1 March in George Town along Eastern Avenue, outside Bananas Bar, an increasingly notorious hot spot for violence and gun crime. Gomez appeared in Grand Court last […]

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One CashWiz robbery suspect charged, 2nd at large

One CashWiz robbery suspect charged, 2nd at large

| 02/06/2025

(CNS): A 36-year-old West Bay man is facing a minimum of 15 years behind bars if convicted, as he has been charged with robbing CashWiz and the possession of a loaded, unlicensed gun. He is one of two men police said held up the George Town pawn shop last week and stole an undisclosed amount […]

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Local man denies trying to kill security guard

Local man denies trying to kill security guard

| 16/05/2025

(CNS): Javon Antonio Johnson (22) from West Bay has denied trying to kill a security guard at a construction site on Birch Tree Hill Road earlier this year. Johnson was apprehended by police on Finch Drive in the early morning hours of 22 February following the shooting. He has been charged with attempted murder and […]

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Police find loaded gun after street drug bust

Police find loaded gun after street drug bust

| 12/05/2025

(CNS): A 29-year-old man from George Town was remanded in custody after he was charged with the possession of a loaded gun and drug offences following a street drug bust in George Town, Friday. The man was arrested outside a restaurant on Shedden Road on suspicion of dealing ganja along with a 22-year-old West Bay […]

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Suspected gunman charged over weapon found in car

Suspected gunman charged over weapon found in car

| 07/03/2025

(CNS): A 30-year-old man from George Town who was arrested after police found a loaded gun in his vehicle last weekend has been charged with the possession of an unlicensed firearm, and two counts of possessing ammunition. The man appeared in court on Tuesday and has been remanded in custody until a scheduled return to […]

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Two guns and drugs haul seized in three different busts

Two guns and drugs haul seized in three different busts

| 03/03/2025

(CNS): Police seized two illegal guns and a large quantity of drugs and arrested six people following three different busts over the weekend. The first was on Friday afternoon at around 1:30 after officers signalled for a vehicle to pull over on the Linford Pierson Highway, but the driver failed to stop and sped off […]

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North Side man due in court over loaded gun

North Side man due in court over loaded gun

| 16/12/2024

(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 […]

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Two men jailed over illegal automatic guns and drugs

Two men jailed over illegal automatic guns and drugs

| 15/11/2024 | 11 Comments

(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 […]

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Four charged in drugs & guns import conspiracy

Four charged in drugs & guns import conspiracy

| 21/10/2024

(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 […]

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West Bay man admits having sub-machine gun

West Bay man admits having sub-machine gun

| 08/10/2024 | 24 Comments

(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 […]

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Man claims he was press-ganged into holding gun

Man claims he was press-ganged into holding gun

| 19/08/2024 | 4 Comments

(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 […]

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