Police Recover Illegal Ammunition During Western Operation
Police in western Belize have made another ammunition arrest, this time involving four live nine-millimeter rounds. Authorities say the operation happened on July seventeenth, when officers searched Simon Bateman and allegedly found the illegal ammunition on him. Bateman was taken into custody and has since been arrested. ASP Stacy Smith tells us more about how the operation unfolded.
Stacy Smith
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
“Police have formally arrested and charged thirty-seven-year-old Simon Bateman of Santa Elena Town Cayo for the offense of kept ammunition without a gun license. The arrest of Bateman follows the execution of an intelligence-led operation at the residence of Bateman on Friday, seventeenth July. A search of Bateman’s residence led to the discovery of four rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition and given that he is not the holder of a gun license, he was subsequently charged for the crime of kept ammunition without being the owner of a gun license.”
Police have yet to confirm if a gun was located as well.
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