Taxi Man Found With Gun Remanded To Prison

Police took another gun off the streets yesterday afternoon. Around 4:30 officers conducting a search on Central American Boulevard stopped taxi driver Emerson West and searched his van. They found a silver and black.380 pistol and fourteen live rounds of ammunition concealed in a compartment beneath the van's center console.

The 30-year-old appeared in magistrate's court today where he was charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Bail was denied and West was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until August 10, 2026.