A Taran tactical combat master hand gun is displayed for sale, June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. A sweeping new gun law in New York that would require applicants to hand over social media information before they could carry a gun in public while declaring bucolic parks, bustling Times Square and a long list of other places off limits for firearms is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, September 1, 2022, amid legal battles and lingering confusion. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
May 19, 2023
Foreign national charged for 9mm cartridges seizure at Sangster International Airport
ST JAMES, Jamaica – A foreign national was arrested and charged following the seizure of ten 9-millimetre cartridges at the Sangster International Airport in St James on Thursday.
He is 41-year-old Samuel Olatimehin, an engineer of North Winslowe Drive, Illinois, United States.
Reports from the police are that about 11:40 am, Olatimehin was travelling through security to board a flight destined for Fort Lauderdale when his black backpack was scanned and anomalies detected. The bag was searched and the cartridges were found in a section of the bag.
He was subsequently arrested and charged for the seizure.
Olatimehin is scheduled to appear in the St James Parish Court on Monday, May 22.
