Three young men, including a 16-year-old have been charged with firearm, theft and drug offences, and are currently on remand.
Their arrest came after Marchand Police Officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Bagatelle, Castries on Sunday, (Mar. 23).
The police officers, according to a police press statement, found a .22 pistol, a 9mm Beretta, a flat screen television which was reported stolen and a quantity of dry plant material suspected to be cannabis, during the search.
Twenty-two-year-old Villian Emerson Joseph, 23-year-old Michael Christopher of Bagatelle, Castries along with 16-year-old Minella Joseph of Ti Rocher, Castries, were charged, as a result, with possession of firearm, possession of a controlled drug and handling stolen property.
They appeared before the First District Court in Castries on Monday, March 24, 2014, and have all been remanded to the Bordelais Correctional Facility until April 11, 2014.
The police said this is the fourth firearm confiscated by officers attached to the Marchand Police Station in less than two weeks.