Thirty legal proceedings have been "processed" for theft or possession of weapons after Hurricane Irma in Saint-Martin, announced the prosecutor of the Republic of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), in a statement.
• About fifty people prosecuted
"Following cyclone Irma, the public prosecutor's office in Basse-Terre, with the gendarmerie grouping of Guadeloupe, set up a new criminal chain in Saint-Martin in the premises of the gendarmerie barracks of Concordia", indicated the prosecutor Samuel Finielz.
Directed by two vice-prosecutors from the Basse-Terre prosecution stationed in Saint-Martin, this "chain" "has treated thirty procedures since September 10". Among them, "18 alternatives to prosecution have been ordered, 26 summons to court have been issued" and "two people in possession of category B weapons on self-defense roadblocks were brought before a public prosecutor and were surrendered at liberty after notification of a date of convocation and seizure of the weapon ”. A total of 55 people, including five minors, are affected.
In addition, "five persons in possession of firearms or arrested while committing thefts from commercial premises or in possession of stolen goods were brought to Basse-Terre to be tried in immediate appearance, and were imprisoned "
The prosecutor said that "two people were brought before the Basse-Terre investigating judge, including one who held a very large stock of stolen goods".
• Seizures of weapons and products Narcotics
Finally, several weapons were seized: "6 category B handguns", as well as "category B ammunition, narcotics including 2 kilos of cannabis herb", and "many stocks of stolen goods" were been discovered. These will be returned to their owners.
Overseas Minister Annick Girardin, who had gone there, had herself witnessed these looting scenes, which had prompted the State to strengthen the presence of the security forces. _AF
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