Belize Police probe social media video of males brandishing weapons 

The Belize Police have launched an investigation into the origin of a quick video launched on social media depicting a gaggle of younger males brandishing firearms.

Media stories stated the people are believed to be energetic members of a Belize Metropolis gang.  Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, stated the Gang Intelligence, Investigation, and Interdiction Unit (G13) is heading the investigation.

“It is rather disturbing, to say the least.  To see, once more, that now we have some gang parts who imagine that they are often displaying off with their weapons on social media, in an intimidating trend, in the direction of their rivals and even perhaps, maybe, most people,” Williams stated.

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“The video, to say the very least, is one that may be checked out as a manner of selling some gang exercise, and so I’ve forwarded that video to the GI3 investigation group, and they’re engaged on it to see if will be capable of levy expenses in opposition to these individuals concerned.

“We’ve got recognized all of the events within the video, and I hope that very quickly we must always be capable of levy expenses in opposition to them for utilizing a video to advertise gang exercise. The very fact stays that they produced the video,” Williams stated, including “it’s not that somebody compelled their palms or edited a video and put them in a video that they weren’t part of.

“The video is authentic and was created by them and, once more, with unlawful weapons. So in the event that they wish to elevate that protection, it actually can be a matter for the court docket to find out if in actual fact they’ll permit that protection to exonerate them from the costs,” he added.

In the meantime, Williams stated the Belize Police Division is working extra time this weekend to make sure that the New 12 months’s festive season continues with out a lot incident and that within the previous capital, officers can be deployed on foot and cell patrols.

“We all know that there are going to be quite a lot of actions bringing within the New 12 months, and so, once more, our presence at these actions goes to be vital to make sure that legislation and order is maintained. “

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