June 30, 2021
Men charged with illegal possession of firearm, ammunition
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Stony Hill Police have charged two men with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following the seizure of a gun in Airy Castle, St Andrew on Sunday, June 27.
Charged are 27-year-old Okeem Brown otherwise called ‘Bones’, a warehouse assistant, and 21-year-old Quacine Dennie otherwise called ‘Trey’, both of Airy Castle Road in Stony Hill, St Andrew.
The police reports that about 5:30 pm, a group of men ran on seeing the police and one of the men threw a bag. The police accosted Brown and Dennie and searched the area, where they found one 9mm Browning pistol with a magazine containing five cartridges, inside the bag.
Their court date is being finalised.