by Christine Nice
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| Illegal firearm |
There is a myriad of guns and cocaine powder littered in the hands of delinquents in our Nature Isle. Where are all these ammunition coming from? They are certainly not being produced in Dominica. We haven’t heard about any gun factory opening on our island, so they must be coming in from somewhere.
”Just the other day, the customs seized guns in a barrel of groceries,” a reliable source disclosed to Peepirit. So what happens to the arms that are being seized in barrels and containers? Are they locked up in the contraband room till they are forgotten about? Who are the people with access to the keys of this specific room? Do these guns and ammunition find their way onto our streets? And by which avenues do they get there?
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| Cassava milk |
As much Cocaine
Behind the buses, cocaine powder is the recreational drug of the youth in Dominica. In the ghetto, it is more common than flour or sugar. This powdered cassava milk is surely not being produced in Dominica. It is being brought to our shores by speedboats in the night. Isn’t it the job of the coast guard to protect our seas? Instead of sitting in their stations playing dominoes all night and drinking beers.
How could the police expect an increase in wages when there are so many guns and cocaine in our neighborhoods? We are calling on our law enforcement agents to do their job. They are constantly failing us and in the event, the lives of our youths are lost or destroyed. We need the police to infiltrate the gangs in Bath-estate, Grand-bay, Yampeice, Fondcole and the Gutter community. Have random searches of premises.
We know you have your ways of searching without a warrant. So do it.
Pressure must be put on youths with criminal mischief. What has become of Dominica’s DARE Program? Do we even have one?
Guns and Criminal Mischief
A few months ago a young man from the Gutter Community shot his own father. The fatal bullet hit his spinal cord, and have paralyzed a good citizen to life in a wheelchair. Many more terrifying incidents have occurred since then, which brings me to mention that less than two weeks ago, a young man who found it ridiculous to pull out his cell phone and record a fight, decided to separate it instead. He too collected an unnamed bullet. How much more of our sons and brothers must we put in the ground before the police stop playing dominoes and start doing their jobs?
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