Two arrested in January police heist

It’s been almost five months since the armoury at the Police Training School in Belmopan was hit by thieves who went off with eleven high powered weapons. Today, two men who police believe were involved in the heist were finally arrested and charged. Twenty-five year old James Hyde and eighteen year old Ruben Oliva, both of Faber’s Road in Belize City, were charged jointly with burglary. Hyde was also charged with one count of possessing an unlicensed firearm, two counts of handling stolen goods and five counts of possession of a prohibited firearm, while Oliva faces single counts of handling stolen goods and possession of a prohibited firearm. Police have been questioning Hyde and Oliva for a long time in the hope of discovering how the crime was committed and what assistance, if any, was provided by police officers on the inside. It is not known if the suspects named others or why the charges have come at this particular time. Five of the eleven guns were found in Roaring Creek and one in Belize City. The weapons included tech nines, Sterling submachine guns, M-16 rifles and a pump action shotgun.