The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), is granting holders of illegal firearms and ammunition a 92-day grace period as of today, to surrender these items without being prosecuted. Over the past two years, crimes involving the use of illegally possessed firearms and ammunition have been plaguing St Vincent and the Grenadines with two homicide records being broken in consecutive years. Law enforcement and officers of the.
A first time offender who was jailed in August for illegal possession of one round of ammunition told a judge yesterday that he was advised by police to admit to the offence.