Special Branch sting operations yield drugs and ammo

Michael Hulse

A series of sting operations by the Special Branch of the Police Department has led to the seizure of drugs and ammunition. On Saturday around three p.m., a search conducted at the residence of twenty-five year old Michael Hulse led to the discovery of a black plastic bag containing twenty-nine transparent ziplock bags with two hundred and twenty-three grams of cannabis. Also present at the time of the search were twenty year old Lester Vergo and twenty-one year old Melchizedek Silva.  The trio were arrested and charged for “Drug Trafficking and Possession of a Controlled Drug. Three hours later, another search, this time in an abandoned lot in the Saint Martin De Porres Area, led to the discovery of a white plastic bag containing seven live rounds of nine millimeter ammunition.

Melchizedek Silva

And just after seven p.m., at an abandon lot in the Caesar Ridge Road Area near to the beach side, a Crystal water bottle was found with a sixty-six rounds of assorted ammunition. The searches continued into Sunday and an early morning search in an abandoned lot in the Jane Usher Boulevard Area, with the assistance of the K-9 unit, led to the discovery of a black plastic bag containing four hundred and eighty-five grams of cannabis. And exactly twelve hours later, the search of another abandoned lot on Vernon Street led to the discovery of a black plastic bag containing three transparent bags with ninety grams of cannabis. No one was found in the area and the drugs were labeled as Found Property.