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Police Chief Lincoln Corbette gave a breakdown of various contraband seized in the country during police operations in 2025, including a total of 94 firearms, as part of concerted efforts by police to combat crime.<\/p>\n
\u00a0He made the disclosure during the Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs press conference held recently.<\/p>\n
Recently, there have been growing concerns from residents about firearm-related offenses in Dominica. According to Corbette, the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) is doing everything in its power to reduce crime and the fear of crime on the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would have conducted other searches, but those are specifically related to tackling firearms and use of firearms. \u00a0Ninety-Four (94) firearms were seized in the year 2025,\u201d he said. \u201c94 firearms were unavailable to criminals to harm our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corbette continued, “In excess, 1,300 rounds were seized, and they were in every calibre of ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corbette continued, \u201cWe also saw the seizure of an excess of 1,700 kilos of cocaine\u00a0that was seized and destroyed. And in some, excess of 84,000 of those seized, were confiscated by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n
Furthermore, he said, a total of 160 derelict vehicles were removed from the streets of Dominica.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you will see again this year, we’re removing and tagging more vehicles to be removed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
In terms of vehicular checkpoints, he revealed that the police have conducted in excess of 300, in addition to nearly 200 house searches during 2025.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe’ve arrested, also, in excess of 50 individuals for ground-related matters,\u201d Corbette stated. \u201cI’m saying all of this is just to do with firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he indicated that CDPF has established a special team of officers in the western area referred to as the \u2018Farmers’ Patrol\u2019, in an effort to reduce the incidents of theft of produce.<\/p>\n
He added that, following a meeting with the farmers in Wesley, theft of produce was identified as one of the major areas of concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd again, we have seen a significant reduction in the number of reports that have been made to the police by the farmers,\u201d Corbette emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Chief Lincoln Corbette gave a breakdown of various contraband seized in the country during police operations in 2025, including a total of 94 firearms, as part of concerted efforts by police to combat crime. \u00a0He made the disclosure during…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":355654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-court-law","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n