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2 Guyanese women charged for guns, ammo

Police have arrested three persons including two Guyanese women following an operation during which an AK47 assault rifle, a 9mm Taurus handgun and ammunition were recovered from a Butu Mountain house. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police have arrested three persons including two Guyanese women following an operation during which an AK47 assault rifle, a 9mm Taurus handgun and ammunition were recovered from a Butu Mountain house.

According to a Police press release today February 6, 2015, the operation was carried by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Special Investigations Team.

“Female Guyanese national Sonja Williams, 29, of Butu Mountain was subsequently charged with two counts of unlawful possession of Ammunition and one count of unlawful possession of prohibited firearm,” said the Police release.

“A second female Guyanese national, Sandrine Williams, 25, of Butu Mountain was also charged with two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition, one count of unlawful possession of prohibited firearm and one count of keeping a firearm,” said the release.

According to the Police, both were placed on bail to appear in Magistrate's Court on February 13, 2015 at 9am. “A third male remains in custody pending further investigations into the matter,” Police said.

Efforts by this news site to obtain additional information on the operation that led to the arrest of the three persons proved futile up to post time. However this news site's sources close to the investigation said that the Police acted on a tip off.

This discovery is but one of the many finds of guns and ammunition in the Virgin Islands over the past several months.

30 Responses to “2 Guyanese women charged for guns, ammo”

  • tretretrete (06/02/2015, 14:50) Like (30) Dislike (13) Reply
    So just because the third person is probably a belonger their name don't get no shame?? Woww..
    • tretretrete (06/02/2015, 18:24) Like (11) Dislike (8) Reply
      Why don't some people wait to get their facts before they make comments like this? Truth be told he is not a belonger Hmmm....
    • @ hummm (06/02/2015, 19:15) Like (5) Dislike (5) Reply
      Shame on you also
  • don (06/02/2015, 14:51) Like (20) Dislike (9) Reply
    Deport them backside
  • local man (06/02/2015, 15:26) Like (21) Dislike (7) Reply
    deport them we don't need anymore violent people in the bvi we have enough
  • dude (06/02/2015, 15:27) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply
    It got man up ballo locking themselves in cell together & won't come out, this might be good for them.
  • joe (06/02/2015, 15:36) Like (45) Dislike (5) Reply
    ak47 in the bvi what were they planning,only thing i can think of is they were going to assist miss p who had declared war on her opponents.
  • Plank (06/02/2015, 15:50) Like (28) Dislike (1) Reply
    Ok. there are 3 persons that got arrested according to this article, we have the name, age, gender and nationality of the two female. Someone is missing. Why?------ Women and AK47, bad math, not adding up.
  • e (06/02/2015, 16:47) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    The man was not charge so his name was not posted.Just saying
    • Yes (06/02/2015, 19:07) Like (14) Dislike (6) Reply
      If they were oneals the pictures would've been up long time.
    • police (06/02/2015, 19:46) Like (17) Dislike (5) Reply
      The reason his name age and nationality was not released is because he was not charged, he is still in custody assisting cops with their investigation, but what worries me is that this is the second AK47 found within a month, do you know the caliber of that weapon, it is a prohibited weapon, it can fire 500 rounds in a minute, 7.2mm, full metal jacket, what the hell is going on, where is the tough gun laws that was recommended, come on dr smith, open your eyes, this thing is getting out of hand, now i propose the death penalty for anybody convicted for having a prohibited weapon. yeh or neh?.
      • smh (07/02/2015, 08:26) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
        POPO...For Real...please!!!!! the Death Penalty for having a prohibited weapon! do you really think that will deter the influence and trafficking of these weapons? What is really needed is more unified Police Force with Officers that really cares about the protection and well-being of the territory. If the Force is unified, they would be able to curve and combat the trafficking of these "prohibited weapons" from becoming a norm. Not saying that all POs are not unified in someways, but the Force definitely is not....look around, check the status quotas! smh!!!!!!
      • SunVI (09/02/2015, 01:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Thank you police. It's obvious now or rather alarming that the faces behind these weapons, whether directly or indirectly are now shifting. I think ISIS somewhat defined the modern day faces of terrosism and in my opinion, primarily as a mean of distraction.

        Now can you enlighten us on whether we are able to by law to share ballistic reports with our neighbouring USVIs? I am pretty sure that something can be arranged if not already in place to exchange these types of forensic info owing to the very high possibilty that these illegal arms are being imported/exported either for commission, after a crime (laundered) or for trade deals.

        We as a collective unit seriously need to get on top of this - we cannot afford to allow this type of activity or any associated activities to take over this territory and more so take lives or threaten the existance of our economy/livelihood.

        Do we have Interpol? or are there limitations on what we can do between the BVI and USVI? What about the other OECS countries, don't we share these type of forensic? Perhaps it's not just law and it has more to do with the resources and fundings. This is just my thoughts and would really like for someone to share or expand on this. So, if you or anyone else with facts can touch on this, it would be great.....thanks!
    • Jacob (06/02/2015, 20:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      E you have that quite right, except he is charge they will not publish his name
  • Isis! (06/02/2015, 17:34) Like (14) Dislike (3) Reply
    Dem women ready for war mehson! i can't imagine a man will han one ah dem lol.
  • son of the soil (06/02/2015, 19:09) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Were they planning an overthrow?
  • waste of time NDP (06/02/2015, 19:30) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    We the people are still waiting on the NDP to bring forward the gun bill after three long years...But we will get it when pigs fly or our children are all killed in the streets
  • Yes (06/02/2015, 19:31) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    Is this what Elieene means when she declared war…well saw
  • wize up (06/02/2015, 20:36) Like (2) Dislike (7) Reply
    people talking; set ah informers
  • Curious (06/02/2015, 22:06) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    A former legislator was caught with gun at her home too, so please don't cast stones when you don't have your facts correct.., we know the justice system and police can be a bit bias, but please let's not cast stones when we don't have our facts correct...
    • in the news (07/02/2015, 19:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Two wrongs do not make a right! Good luck in the future mw in the next elections you oing need it now write me a legal letter!
  • what (07/02/2015, 07:00) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    what have they gotten them self into .. these guns belong to some man ..
  • cool k. (07/02/2015, 07:51) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    Google AK47 (deadly peace of toy) A woman without military training can`t handle this weapon. The math is really bad.
  • Yup (07/02/2015, 08:29) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    @hmmmmm, did you get that! Just ah chat nonsense without giving commonsense and facts straight
  • crying (07/02/2015, 08:46) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Tortola Tortolaaaa !!!!!! Jahhh!!!
  • voter (07/02/2015, 09:41) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
    Very likely these girls have nothing to do with the guns and is some gangster man one of them with. Just saying
  • What a ting to tell the king (07/02/2015, 21:33) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    I could be dead wrong but I don't see women, collecting these types of gun You would have to be a pretty tough chick to handle the kickback on an AK47
    One of three things:
    Crime
    Import for sale
    Personal Protection

    I seriously don't think it's personal protection, now crime, possible but I think the people may have found the people who are smuggling in these guns into the country from Down South. The US Borders are on high alert do to ISIS & TERROR.

    His time should depend on who he fingers!!! Get to the mouth of the river...


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