There were two murders in Belize City between last week Saturday and Monday. Police have been hitting the streets extra hard to make sure violence does not escalate in the wake of those two gang related killings. And last night the Eastern Division strike team struck again with a firearms seizure. They saw two men on a scooter, dressed in dark clothing on Fabers Road Extension heading towards Central American Boulevard. The scooter had no liense plate and police pulled them over. As they did, the passenger, slipped a chrome handgun out of his pocket and threw it on the ground. It was a 9mm Smith and Wesson with 7 rounds of ammunition in a magazine. Police have since arrested and charged a 17-year-old of a Mopan Street address, Belize City for the offences of "Kept firearm without a gun license" and "kept Ammunition without a gun license." He is a minor well known to police.

Tags Belize City Eastern Division Mopan Street Smith and Wesson