On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, officers from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, supported by the TCI Regiment and Border Force, executed a series of search warrants in Dock Yard, Providenciales.
During a search of the premises, officers found ammunition and a 54-year-old male suspect hiding. Officers detained him.
Two other suspects were arrested for Suspicion of Possession of Ammunition and Suspicion of Gang Affiliation.
The RT&CIPF wishes to remind the public that harbouring and concealing a gang member is an offence under the Anti-Gang Ordinance (2022).
“Harbouring a gang member 10. (1) A person who harbours a gang leader or a gang member commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term of ten years. (3) In this section “harbour” means supplying a person with shelter, food, drink, money or clothes, guns, ammunition or means of conveyance, or assisting a person in any way to evade apprehension.”
“Concealing a gang member 11. (1) A person who conceals— 8 (a) a gang leader or a gang member; or (b) a gang-related activity, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years.”