KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police constable assigned to the VIP Protection Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and his co-accused implicated in a guns-for-drugs case were on Tuesday remanded following the submission of exhibits by the JCF’s Communication Forensic and Cybercrime Unit.

When Constable Kenneth Reid and his co-accused Sheldon Walters and Kerry-Ann Smith appeared in court, the prosecutor told the court that the file is now ready and that the matter can be set for trial.

The attorneys in the matter requested copies of the exhibits.

A date for disclosure was subsequently set.

All three are expected to return to court on September 25, for mention.

The trio were charged on May 29 under the Criminal Justice Suppression of Criminal Organisation Act and the Anti-Gang Act for being members of a criminal organisation.

Reid is facing an additional charge of providing benefit to a criminal organisation.

Reports are that on various dates the suspects conspired to engage in the guns-for-drugs trade between criminal elements in the Republic of Haiti and Jamaica.

Walters, who is allegedly known to be a significant member of one of the major gangs operating in St Catherine, and Smith are both from Kitson Town in Kingston. The three were picked up by the police in St Catherine and Red Hills, St Andrew.

Racquel Porter