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Police stop-and-search yields more cash drugs

The East End Police Station on Tortola.

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

Officers of the Armed Response Team confiscated yet another sizeable supply of cannabis and cash on Wednesday after a stop-search of a vehicle uncovered the illegal substance.

The driver, Casheem Walter, 30, of Josiah Bay was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis and two counts of possession of cannabis with intent to supply after over 500 grams of the controlled drug and a quantity of cash were seized.

Walters was granted bail in the sum of $5,000 for his appearance before the Magistrate’s Court on 27 October 2022. Earlier this week, officers of the Armed Response team also charged a male and female with firearm and drug possession offences after a routine search of the rental vehicle the couple was in uncovered the illegal items.

A semi-automatic pistol, two loaded magazines with a total of 24 rounds of ammunition. close to 240 grams of suspected cannabis and over $4,000 in cash was also seized.

A search of the driver’s accommodations further uncovered a large quantity of pills suspected to be ecstasy. In an earlier press release, Inspector in charge of the Armed Response Team Durville Carty had vowed to keep the pressure on those who want to move firearms and drugs to and through the territory.

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  1. Yee haw says:

    Round em up!

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  2. free Cannabis says:

    Free Cannabis NOW!!!!!

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  3. Resident says:

    Stop and search a lot more. if you have nothing to hide then you wont object.
    stop scooters as well. you will find a lot of guns.

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  4. Getting by says:

    Leave people alone. People just trying to get by mehson

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  5. Jim says:

    This works. Do it more. Get the guns, illegal scooters, unregistered cars, whatever, off the streets.

  6. Jah says:

    Free Canadians now

  7. Another Rental? says:

    Too many rentals. Keep the pressure of officers. How about start confiscating vehicles found with drugs, rental or not.

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  8. LMFAO says:

    Some moomoo said ” free canadians” You can tell who didnt finish school SMH

  9. Lol says:

    Fake E..good catch..free the weed tho.

  10. I.J.S says:

    Out here so rough you gotta have extra mags

  11. Jus Say'n says:

    It’s highly alarming to me that we tend to mostly stop and search Blacks, Hispanics, and other NON-white nationals. Now I don’t condone this type of behavior on any side but the way local enforcement profile people is sort of discriminatory. We need to do some math here. Statistics can show what group of people are being profiled and arrested. Statistics also show sentencing/charges for Whites vs Blacks for the same crime locally is never the same. There have been many violent crimes that involved non-black or Hispanic groups such as murder, guns, and trafficking(Human, Drugs) but there is always some technicality. Either they don’t get any time or they serve a lesser sentence. WHy is this?

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  12. @Getting By says:

    There are plenty of jobs available for any Belonger who wants one, so those who choose crime should feel the full force of the law. Lock them up for a very long time.

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