October 28, 2013
Police find M16 rifle in Greenwich Town
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police seized a high powered rifle in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston Tuesday in an ongoing operation targeting gangs in the lower St Andrew community.
During the operation a team from Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) supported by a team from the Caribbean Search Centre, searched premises on Third Street about 1:00 pm when an M-16 assault rifle with serial number erased along with one magazine was seized. No one was held in connection with the seizure.
Ballistics examinations will be carried out to determine if the weapon is linked to crimes committed in the area, the police said.
