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A 30-year-old farmer nabbed on a public road with a loaded firearm will spend two years and one month in prison for the crime. Jason Richards of Walvaroo was facing three charges, including possession of a .9mm Luger revolver, serial number 549.51951; five rounds of ammunition; and possession of an accessory of a firearm, a magazine, without a license. The police discovered illegal weaponry on Richards last Saturday, September 25, …

Two men from the Leeward end of St Vincent nabbed allegedly with 98 pounds of cannabis have appeared before the Serious Offences Court(SOC). Calroy Bruce, a 28-year-old labourer of Clare Valley, and Terrence Gills, a 37-year-old farmer/fisherman of Fitz Hughes appeared before Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne on Wednesday, August 18. Also taken into the court were heavy bales of the drug that were hauled up the stairs and into the …

A 16-year-old mother of two has been charged for possession of a home-made firearm. The young domestic, who hails from a Leeward town, was taken before the Serious Offences Court(SOC) on Tuesday, August 17. Counsel Grant Connell provided legal assistance to her, and the teen entered a ‘Not Guilty’ plea to the charge that she had one home-made firearm in her possession without being the holder of a license issued …

Two Fitz Hughes residents allegedly caught in Bequia with 166 pounds of Marijuana have been granted bail, but two Grenadians with no ties to the country have been remanded into custody. The prosecution at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court (KMC) on Tuesday, May 25, objected to bail for Grenadians Mickel Milkson, 38 years and Devon Williams, 41 years, who are charged that they did on May 21, in Bequia, have 75,350g …

A CHEF FROM BEQUIA who had a cocaine charge hanging over his head for the last five years, walked out of the High Court vindicated on Thursday. “Thank God to be alive and free. It was a long and heavy road, but God is good and I am free now,” Gabriel Hutchins told SEARCHLIGHT outside the High Court on Thursday while in the company of his lawyer, Grant Connell. Hutchins …