A search of a St George’s garage uncovered about 1.7 kilograms of drugs in addition to guns and ammunition, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

A statement of agreed facts read to jurors said that six evidence bags of items seized in a December 2023 search by police were provided to a government analyst, tested and found to be “shatter”, a product containing Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive element of cannabis.

In total, 1,720.2 grams of shatter were found on the property along with 411 red pills confirmed to be the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

According to the statement, Detective Sergeant Warren Bundy said the shatter could be sold on the streets of Bermuda for $258,033, while the MDMA could fetch $20,550.

He also said that some of the jars and food containers found containing the drugs were similar to those seen in videos located on a defendant’s phone.

Jonathan McAlpine-Talbot and Ezekiel Swan have denied allegations that they conspired with others to import and supply firearms and ammunition between an unknown date and November 14, 2023.

Both men have also denied allegations of conspiring to import and supply controlled drugs between an unknown date and December 2, 2023.

Mr McAlpine-Talbot also denied a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by improperly sharing information into the investigation of the murder of Wilfred Outerbridge Jr.

The court heard that three other men, Ryan Resendes, Jonathan Mello and Jose Puga had admitted various charges in connection with the importation plot.

Resendes pleaded guilty on September 10, 2026, to conspiracy to supply a firearm, conspiracy to supply ammunition and handling a firearm.

Mello pleaded guilty on September 16, 2026, to three counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, two counts of possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply, one count of possessing ammunition and one count of possessing drug equipment.

Puga, meanwhile, pleaded guilty on January 21, 2023, to charges that he conspired to import a firearm, a controlled drug and ammunition.

Shortly after the agreed statement was read to the court, the Crown formally closed its case.

Mr Swan and Mr McAlpine-Talbot declined call witnesses or take the stand in their own defence, with the latter stating that he “can’t”.

Earlier in the trial, the jury saw CCTV footage showing Mello and Resendes travelling between St George’s, St David’s and a public dock, while GPS records from Mr McAlpine-Talbot’s police radio showed him travelling to the same public dock at the same time, in the early hours of November 14, 2023.

Less than an hour later, CCTV recordings from a St George’s garage, owned by Resendes’s family, showed Mello bringing a black bucket into the garage and removing alleged firearms from the bucket.

The court heard that police executed a search at the garage on December 2, 2023, and discovered a black bucket containing several items in heat-sealed packages in an overgrown area near the tree line of the property.

The packages were found to contain two firearms, several magazines and 131 rounds of ammunition.

Phones seized during the course of the investigation showed conversations between the alleged conspirators in late 2023, including communications between Mr McAlpine-Talbot, Resendes and Mello on November 13 and 14, 2023.

Meanwhile, videos were found on Mr Swan’s phone showing an array of cannabis products along with a firearm with a laser sight dated October 20, 2023.

A police witness said that voices in some of the videos appeared to match Mr Swan and Puga, who resided in Dana Point, California, while records showed Mr Swan was in California between October 19 and October 23, 2023.

A firearms expert also said that the firearm seen in the video appeared to be the same as a Smith and Wesson firearm found at the St George’s garage.

It was expected that closing speeches in the trial, as it continues, would be heard today.

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