A 34 year old who told the court he is a Bowen and Bowen employee is spending his first night on remand following the discovery of a 9 mm pistol loaded with 8 rounds of ammunition.
He was caught in a stop and search on Sunday night. Police told us more:
ASP Stacy Smith, Police Press Officer
"Police have formally arrested and charged 34 year old Linsford Lord a Belizean of Neals Pen Road Belize City for 3 offenses namely kept firearm without a gun license, kept ammunition without a gun license and being in possession of a firearm with the serial number removed. These charges stem from a joint operation which was conducted by GI3 and Special Branch personnel. On 28th December, 2025 at approximately 6:45 PM the team of officers were on an operation on Pelican street when their attention was drawn to a group of male persons who were next to a Nissan Rogue vehicle. When the officers stopped and identified themselves with a view to conduct a search, Lord who was in the driver's seat, exited the vehicle and began to walk away. The officers observed that he went under his shirt and retrieved what appeared to be a firearm which he then threw which landed in a property on top of a dog house, Mr Lord was escorted to the area where the firearm landed and that firearm was observed to be a 9 millimeter pistol and a magazine containing 8 live rounds of 9 millimeters ammunition was also retrieved."
Lord appeared unrepresented this morning before a Chief Magistrate where he was read three criminal offenses, one count of kept unlicensed firearm, one count of kept unlicensed ammunition, and one count of possession of a firearm with the serial number removed. He pleaded not guilty to the three charges and due to the nature of the offenses he was denied bail and remanded to the Belize Central Prison until March 30th 2026.
