St Thomas police dent drugs for guns trade
THE police today made a major breakthrough in the guns for drugs trade between Jamaica and Haiti after an early morning operation in the Grants Pen community of St Thomas.
The seizure took place about 6:00 am when members from the St Thomas and Marine Divisions along with members from the Caribbean Search Centre were on an operation in the area. The police seized approximately 300 pounds of compressed ganja along with:
• 2 boats
• 4 boat engines
• One .45 semi-automatic pistol
• 59 .45 mm cartridges
• 48 5.56 mm cartridges
• Six .38 mm cartridges
• 28 9 mm cartridges
• 5 magazines including an extended magazine for a Glock pistol
• Approximately 100 gallons of boat fuel
• 1 Global Positioning System (GPS) and
• 1 Compass
A total of four premises were searched and twelve persons – ten men and two women – were taken into custody. The identities of those in custody are being withheld pending further investigations.
