March 3, 2024
Firearm and ammo seized in St Andrew, man in custody
ST ANDREW, Jamaica – A police team from the St Andrew Central Division apprehended a man after a firearm and several rounds of ammunition were seized on Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston 5 on Saturday.
Reports from the Cross Roads Police are that about 12: 35 am, lawmen were on patrol when two men were observed along the roadway acting in a manner that aroused their suspicion.
On approaching the police, one of the men allegedly removed a firearm from his waist and threw it under a parked vehicle.
The man was apprehended and the firearm – a Glock 19 pistol with 13 rounds of ammunition – was retrieved.
His identity is being withheld pending further investigations.