Published 22 August 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
TWO CHARGED FOR FIREARM FOUND IN TRUCK
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 22, 2018 (RSCNPF): The two individuals who were taken into Police custody following the discovery of a firearm in the truck they occupied have been charged.
Police formally arrested and charged Lorin Bartlette of Cole Hill and Jervis Liburd of Pond Hill for the offences of Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Ammunition and Smuggling. They were charged on Monday, August 20, 2018.
A stop and search exercise on August 17, at the Quarry at New River, Nevis resulted in the discovery of one 40mm pistol with several matching rounds of ammunition. The firearm was found in motor lorry PB1053 and brought the number of firearms taken into Police custody for the year to twenty-one (21).
