NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police in the capital recovered several illegal firearms from the streets of New Providence in separate incidents over the weekend.
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2019
Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, Mobile Division Officers, acting on information, responded to a report of gunshots on East Street north of the Independence roundabout.
Once the officers arrived in the area, a suspicious vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.
The officers perused the vehicle, which came to a stop on the East West Highway with a lone male exiting the vehicle and running into nearby bushes.
The officers apprehended the male, conducted a search and discovered a 9mm Glock Pistol with 12 rounds of ammunition.
The male was arrested and taken into custody.
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019
Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, Mobile Division Officers, while on mobile patrol in the Hope Gardens area, observed a male acting suspiciously. The officers apprehended and searched the male discovering a 9mm pistol.
The male was arrested and taken into custody.
Also on Saturday, shortly before 9:00 p.m., South Central Division Officers, while on routine patrol on Lightbourne Street in Yellow Elder Gardens, observed a male acting suspiciously.
The officers searched the male and discovered a .9mm Sigsaur pistol with 11 rounds of ammunition.
The male was arrested and taken into custody.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019
Shortly before 11:00 p.m. on Friday, Drug Enforcement Unit Officers, acting on information, conducted a search of a residence on Gum Tree Street, Pinewood Gardens and recovered a .25 Beretta pistol with eight rounds of ammunition.
Several adult males including two females were arrested and taken into custody.
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