COMPOL Williams visits Christian Gusenbauer
In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of piracy incidents and both the Police and Coast Guard have become more active in their efforts to diminish the attacks. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams commented on these occurrences, explaining that it seems to be three groups working within southern Belize to carry out these crimes. Some persons known to police have been arrested for fisheries offenses as well as being members of gangs. He further stated that two of the groups seem to specifically operate between the Stann Creek District and Honduras.
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Feb 22, 2021
ComPol Chester Williams on Piracy
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has taken an active interest in the incident on Lark Caye and visited Christian Gusenbauer while he recovers in his hospital bed. Aside from gathering valuable information from the victim, ComPol Williams shared that along with personnel from the Belize Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department, operations have been carried out to address the issue of coastal piracy in southern Belize.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
“There are three groups involved. One of the groups that we dealt with last week, they were charged with the various fisheries offenses and then they were also charged with being a member of a gang under the crime control and criminal justice act and many of them were remanded to prison on Friday. But we have two other groups that we believe are operating within the area and they frequent the Stann Creek District and Honduras. So it would appear that whene
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