Years ago I attended and passed the Belize Tourist Police training Course which was held in San Pedro town hall for special constables (same exam as regular police in Belize) and the one thing that I clearly remember was that NO WARRANT is needed in Belize if a residence is suspected of having ILLEGAL firearms inside.

Everything else required a warrant to search including drugs etc however if they have have reliable information that a premises has an ILLEGAL firearm then no warrant is required to conduct a search.

Belize is not the US and Gun laws are very strict as we know and this maybe why no warrant is needed when illegal firearms are suspected.

I am 100% positive this was the case since I remember answering the question and thinking Hmmmm well that means Police can search any residence without a warrant by saying they suspected they had an illegal firearm inside.

Gaz Cooper

Last edited by Gaz Cooper; 05/10/12 01:52 AM.