Police seize ammunition in Hope Flats
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September 11, 2017

Police seize ammunition in Hope Flats

ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The Papine police yesterday seized several rounds of ammunition in the Hope Flats community of St Andrew during a snap raid at a premises.

Reports are that between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm a police team conducted a raid at a premises during which 36 rounds of assorted ammunition were found in a storeroom.

The find consist of nineteen 12 gauge rounds, six 9 mm, nine 357 rounds and two 7.62 rounds.

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