RETIRED Major Roger Best, former director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), has appeared before a magistrate charged with possessing more ammunition than allowed under his firearm license.

Best, who was charged by summons on July 30, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Avion Gill on August 6. He is accused of possessing 198 rounds of 9mm ammunition – 24 more than his license permits.

Police prosecutors admitted they had no case file on the seven-month-long investigation. Gill ordered initial disclosure by August 8 and full disclosure by December 31. The court also allowed for a prosecutor from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to be appointed to the case.