Two men slapped with charges after firearms seized in Portmore
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Police assigned to the Specialized Operations Branch seized two illegal firearms and arrested and charged two men on West Henderson Boulevard, Portmore, St Catherine on Thursday.
Charged with unauthorised possession of firearm and unauthorised possession of ammunition are 21-year-old Hakeem Campbell otherwise called ‘Biggs’, of Grants Pen Avenue, Kingston 8, and 18-year-old Nasean Bryan otherwise called ‘Sean’, of Anglin Avenue in Newland District, Portmore, St Catherine.
Reports from the Portmore Police are that about 5:45 pm the team was on operation in the area.
Both men were seen acting in a manner that aroused suspicion. They were accosted and searched; one Glock 9-millimetre pistol with a magazine containing eighteen 9-millimetre rounds was taken from Campbell’s waistband, while one Smith and Wesson revolver with six .38 cartridges was taken from a black knapsack that Bryan was carrying.
Both men were subsequently charged.
Their court date is being arranged.