Six persons, one of them a 17 year old male, were charged with firearm and ammunition offences when they appeared today in the #5 Magistrate's court.
The adults are 61 year old Joaquin Rojas, his common law wife 41 year old Alva Lopez, her son 22 year old Esdras Lopez, 41 year old Mexican national Mario Augustine, and 23 year old Jessica Manzano. They were charged with 2 counts of kept firearm without a gun license and 2 counts of kept ammunition without a gun license. Esdras Lopez and Jessica Manzano were charged jointly for keeping a prohibited firearm. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Albert Hoare explained to them that the court cannot offer them bail because of the nature of the offences. He remanded them into custody until February 17th.
The incident occurred yesterday around 8:30 A.M. The police reported that they went to a residence at mile 2 and a half on the Western Highway, and when they searched it, they found one 9 millimeter pistol, one.22 revolver, 34 rounds of 9 millimeter ammunition, and 29 rounds of.22 ammunition. The Police also report that they went to a house on Raccoon Street extension, and found a home made pen gun.
