Police arrest man found with gun in downtown Kingston
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December 14, 2020

Police arrest man found with gun in downtown Kingston

KINGSTON, Jamaica — One man was arrested and charged following the seizure of a .380 pistol and 13 rounds of ammunition during a joint police/military operation in Oxford Mall, Kingston 14 yesterday.

Accused is 25-year-old Shavon Ewan, otherwise called ‘Archestra’, of a Kingston 11 address.

Reports are that about 12:30 pm, lawmen were on operation in downtown Kingston when Ewan was accosted, searched and the weapon found. He was subsequently taken into custody and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

His court date is being finalised.

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