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On Wednesday night's news, we told you about the 4 guns that police took off the streets of Belize City. 2 of them were deposited as found property, but police say they caught 2 men trying to dispose of  the other 2 weapons,

Those men are 19 year-old Herman Solis, and 23 year-old Dean Williams, and today, they were arraigned before Magistrate Emerson Banner. 

They are charged with 2 counts of keeping a firearm without a gun licenses, and keeping ammunition without a gun license. Williams has been separately charged with another count of keeping unlicensed ammunition. They pleaded not guilty and were remanded to Prison until April 30th, 2019.

As we reported, officers from the Anti Gang Task Force were conducting operations on Diego Street on Wednesday, when they cornered both men.  

The cops say that they saw them attempting to throw weapons into an adjacent lot. They were detained, and the cops retrieved two loaded 9 millimeter pistols.  Williams had an additional 11 live round of ammunition.