Westmoreland man charged for illegal gun
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A 25-year-old man has been charged following the seizure of a gun and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in the Petersfield community in Westmoreland, on Saturday, November 26.
The man has been identified as Michail Wright, otherwise called ‘Migs’, a farmer of Pipers Corner in the parish.
Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar Police are that about 1:45 am, a patrol team was in the area when a man was seen acting in a manner that aroused suspicion. He was accosted, searched and one CZ 9-millimetre pistol fitted with a magazine containing eleven 9-millimetre rounds of ammunition was found in a bag he was carrying.
He was arrested and subsequently charged.
His court date is being finalised.