Man arrested after cops discover gallons of gasoline on boat
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Police attached to the Marine Division yesterday seized several containers of fuel while on patrol in Edgewater, Portmore, St Catherine.
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[naviga:li]One 33 foot fibre glass fishing boat[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Five 50 gallon drums of gasoline[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Seventeen 15 gallon drums of gasoline[/naviga:li]
[naviga:li]Five buckets of two stroke oil[/naviga:li]
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Reports are that about 5:50 pm, the lawmen’s suspicions were aroused when they saw a group of men loading drums onto a fishing vessel at the Causeway Fishing Village. Enquiries were made and the following items found:
A compartment of the fishing boat was also reconfigured to carry approximately 2000 litres of gasoline.
One man was taken into custody. His identity is being withheld pending further investigations.
