Kingfish hauls
Published: Tuesday | May 19, 2009
Operation Kingfish, a counter narcotics and major crimes task force, has conducted a number of major operations since it was formed in October 2004.
Number of operations mounted: 3,627
Actionable calls received at 811: 4,556
Results of operations:
Firearms recovered: | 468 |
Rifles | 83 |
Semi-auto Pistols | 202 |
Shotguns | 64 |
Uzi | 3 |
Magnums | 15 |
Submachine | 21 |
Licensed (sized) | 18 |
Revolvers | 40 |
Home-made | 8 |
Starter pistol | 1 |
Imitation pistol | 12 |
Imitation rifle | 1 |
Ammunition seized: | 26,916 (assorted) |
Arrests made during operations: | 867 (murders; firearms & ammunition; |
drugs; extortion; fraud) Motor vehicles seized/recovered: | 257 |
Motorcycles seized/recovered: | 16 |
Boats seized: | 84 |
Drugs seized: Cocaine: | Over 13 metric tonnes + 20 lb + 8 oz (cracks/cocaine) 10 pcs crack/cocaine + three two-litre bottles + one 16-litre bottle + one 180 ml bottle all with cocaine |
Hash oil: | 131 lb + 21 (55 gallon) drums |
Ganja (compressed): | Over 79, 828 lb + 753 sticks |
Ganja (seedlings/plants): | Over 113 hectares of fully grown plants + 69 lb of seeds +308, 2000 seedlings + 13 nurseries |
Wanted persons apprehended 153
Illegal airstrips disabled 5
Coastguard boarding 351
Molotov cocktail bombs 25
Illegal aliens 94
Cases investigated 408 (murders = 204;
shootings = 71; Robberies = 4; Others = 129
Number of arrest based on cases 92
Number of convictions 36
Number of dismissals 19
Numbers pending in court 37