Weapons on streets despite gun amnesty

Even when there is no amnesty program, police are always trying to get guns off the streets. On Friday, Belize City cops received some assistance securing a firearm and ammunition from a tip. Acting on that information, police visited an abandoned lot on Albert Street and found a Glenfield model twelve-gauge pump action shotgun and five rounds of point twenty-five ammunition. No one was around to claim ownership, so the items were labeled as found property.

Meanwhile in San Pedro, cops have detained one person in connection with the theft of a firearm. Fifty-seven year old Adolfo Correa reports that on Thursday between noon and eight p.m. he put his point twenty-two Phoenix pistol loaded with seven rounds of ammunition in the compartment of his golf cart. But later when Correa checked for the gun, it was missing. No charges have yet been filed.