Last night on the news, you heard Lt. Col David Jones say that the army expects there are still 17 more grenades somewhere out there - certainly in criminal hands.
That's enough to make anyone lose sleep - but how and where did it all begin?
That was first revealed in 2008 when the then commander of BATSUB confessed that 24 grenades had gone missing back in 2004. In 2009, he elaborated slightly on that narrative. Tonight, to put the whole grenade issue in context, we have edited together portions of both those interviews and we have that for you:
Lt. Col. Peter Germain - Former BATSUB Commander
"24 grenades went missing in 2004. That batch consisted of about 500 grenades that were delivered to BATSUB, many of which were issued to British and BDF units, and indeed there was the stolen consignment as well. A user unit training from the UK was issued the grenades, and declared that it was expended, but somewhere along the line, someone indiscriminate or dishonest, has lost or not been truthful about that fact, or worst, criminally offloaded some of these grenades for personal gain. I can confirm on this particular batch, that none of that particular batch was issued by us to anyone in the BDF. That has happened in the past; different batches, but we noticed that the units issued were all British. And now, in terms of your viewers, I've got to say, yes, we are to blame because we brought owned the grenades."
Since 2008, four grenades have been detonated in gang affiliated areas across Belize.
