January 25, 2019
Man held with firearm on Spanish Town bypass
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The Spanish Town police have reported the seizure of a semi-automatic pistol with a magazine containing one cartridge, in New Nursery, Twickenham Park in St Catherine on Thursday, January 24.
Reports are that police officers who were travelling along the Spanish Town bypass saw a man, about 4:30 pm, running with a firearm in his hand. He was accosted and the firearm taken from him.
The suspect, whose identity is being withheld, was also observed with a wound to his hand and was subsequently taken to hospital under police guard, the cops reported.
