DOMINICA-US national arrested after ammunition found in a container

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ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Police say a United States national is assisting their investigations a gun and several rounds of ammunition had been found in a 40-foot storage container that had been stored on the compound of a church in Mahuat, west of here.

“Members of the Anti Crime Task Force of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF), along with investigators from the Unit of the Customs & Excise Division, executed a search warrant at the residence of Jason James Groog, male adult of Indiana USA who reside in Belfast,” Police Inspector, Fixton Henderson, said.

He said the officers searched the container, which had Grogg. During the search, a Glock 9mm pistol, along with a quantity of 9mm and 20mm ammunition among other items, were seized for investigations.

Henderson said during the container search, 4 M16 magazines containing 30 rounds of ammunition and 17 20-gage ammunition were recovered and seized for investigations.

The police said Groog and two members of his family have since been arrested on suspicion of trafficking firearms and ammunition.

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