Eight guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition were reported stolen on Friday, May 2, 2104, in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. The weapons and ammunition belonging to the KBH Security Company are kept at the Police Station where the company has installed a metal box to keep safe their firearms.
Luis Castellanos, Officer in charge of the San Pedro Police Department, launched and immediate investigation into the matter. Two of the eight missing firearms have been recovered in Belize City and Police have formally arrested and charged 27-year-old, Yannick Wade, Belizean Police Officer for the offence of two counts Kept Firearm without a Gun License and two counts of Kept Ammunition without a Gun License. He is also being additionally charged for the crime of theft by San Pedro Police as investigations continue.