BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - TWO foreign nationals and one from St. Kitts have been slapped with charges in connection with a gun found aboard a vessel flagged by the Coast Guard.
This comes as the police and their law enforcement counterparts have stepped up their vigilance to prevent the importation of illegal firearms into the Federation amidst increasing gun violence in the streets.
In a media statement, police said that its Anti-Narcotic Unit, in collaboration with the Coast Guard, seized a firearm from a boat on December 31, 2023, which was intercepted by the Coast Guard off the coast of Sandy Point.
Following the interception, the vessel was escorted to the marina at New Guinea, where a contraband search was undertaken that resulted in the find of a .38 Revolver Pistol.
According to the police, on Wednesday (Jan. 3), “Quincy Convoy Van Hennigen of Dutch Quarter, St. Maarten; Jason Anthony Richardson of St. Kitts, residing in Middle Region, St. Maarten; and Wagneris Michell Valdez Dias of the Dominican Republic, residing at Sucker Garden, St. Maarten, were each charged for two offences, namely Possession of a Firearm and Importation of a Firearm. Ms. Dias was issued a copy of her charges in her native language of Spanish. All charges were laid at the Basseterre Police Station.”
