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October 27th, 2022
CoP appeals to public to help rid VI of illegal firearms

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the heel of a deadly shooting in East End Friday last, October 21, 2022, Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has appealed to the public for help in ridding the territory of illegal firearms.

September 7th, 2022
Guishard granted bail; Lewis remanded in firearm, ammo & drugs matter

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Rhondella Guishard, 25, had her bail extended while Rashon D. Lewis, 42, was remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Tamia N. Richards on firearm, ammunition and drugs charges on September 6, 2022.

September 1st, 2022
2 charged with firearm, ammunition & drug possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Armed Response Team charged a male and female with firearm and drug possession offenses after a routine search of the rental vehicle the couple was in uncovered the illegal items.

June 5th, 2022
USVI security guard with no firearm license shoots man @ nightclub

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A security guard has been arrested and charged after he shot a man while not being a licensed firearm holder.

April 24th, 2022
'Not one firearm handed in' during amnesty period- CoP Collins

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Confident there are lots if illegal guns and ammunition in the communities of the Virgin Islands (VI), Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has expressed deep disappointment that not a single firearm was turned in during the 2-week amnesty period.

April 8th, 2022
Ballast Bay man charged for 8 counts of Indecent Assault

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 27-year-old man of Ballast Bay was recently remanded to prison for Indecent Assault.

April 7th, 2021
Man allegedly uses gun to threaten another for $$ owed

EAST END, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is said to be investigating allegations of a known individual brandishing a firearm at another in a quest to retrieve monies owed to him.

March 18th, 2021
Jamaican man arrested for Illegal Entry & Carrying Unlicensed Firearm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information just reaching our newsroom is that a Jamaican man has been arrested and charged for Illegal Entry and Carrying an Unlicensed Firearm.

March 8th, 2021
No Bail! Taxi man & businessman remanded to HMP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards turned down a bail application for Paul Hodge, a taxi operator from Cane Garden Bay who was allegedly found with over 500 kilograms of cocaine by police on March 6 2021.

February 9th, 2021
UPDATE: Police charge man caught with loaded Glock pistol in Fat Hogs Bay

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed our first and accurate story of a man held with a firearm during a stop and search operation in Fat Hogs Bay, Tortola, on February 7, 2021.

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