ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have withdrawn a statement listing Accompong Maroon Chief Richard Currie as a person of interest following the alleged barricading of seven Forestry Department workers in Quick Step, St Elizabeth, over the weekend.

The police had said that Currie was being asked to turn up at the St Elizabeth divisional headquarters in Black River by 10:00 am on Monday.

However, head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s communications unit, Senior Superintendent of Police Stephanie Lindsay, confirmed that the listing of Currie as a person of interest in the incident has been withdrawn and he is no longer required to report to the cops.

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It had been alleged that seven Forestry Department workers were barricaded in the Cockpit Country as they attempted to remove mahogany lumber from Quick Step, a neighbouring community to Accompong in northern St Elizabeth.

The Forestry Department alleged that it disrupted a major illegal logging operation in the community and was impeded in conducting its lawful duties by more than 200 community members and illegal loggers.