POLICE PRESS RELEASE - About 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, 2014, officers attached to the Babonneau Police Station had reason to stop and search the person of 38-year-old Nathan Mederick of Balata, Castries.
A search was also carried out on his motor vehicle registration number PD 566.
During the search, the officers recovered 2 magazine and 66 live rounds of 9mm ammunition.
Mederick was subsequently arrested for firearm offences and escorted to the Babonneau Police Station.
On Monday, September 8, 2014, a search warrant was executed at the premises of Mederick.
The officers recovered a 9mm pistol and a magazine containing 8 live rounds of ammunition. Mederick was then charged for Possession of Firearm and Possession of Ammunition.
Nathan Mederick made a court appearance at the First District Court in Castries on Monday, September 8, 2014.