1 Charged for Brints Security Gun Heist

Erwin Castillo

Supervisor for security firm Brints Security, Jody Rhamdas, was ambushed and robbed of two black nine-millimeter pistols by three masked and armed men on Wednesday afternoon, June sixth. A first arrest has been made, that of thirty-five year old Erwin Castillo, a taxi driver of Belize City. Castillo, accused of robbery with a firearm, conspiracy to commit robbery and kept ammunition without a gun license, appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford this morning.  In court, Castillo pleaded not guilty to all three charges and due to the nature of the offenses; he was denied bail and remanded into custody at the Belize Central Prison until July twenty-fifth, 2018. Castillo has previously been accused with others of the heist at the former First Caribbean Bank a few years ago and as part of a conspiracy case in the Supreme Court.