10 Guns Seized, 8 Arrested In 24 Hours – Police

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police offi­cers con­tin­ue to strength­en their oper­a­tional capa­bil­i­ties under the ‘Get the Guns’ cam­paign, which has led to the seizure of 10 firearms, 159 rounds of ammu­ni­tion and the arrest of eight peo­ple in the last 24 hours.

Police attached to the Hope Bay sta­tion have report­ed that at about 5:00 pm on Tuesday, an oper­a­tion was car­ried out at premis­es in Shrewsbury dis­trict, Portland, which result­ed in the seizure of a 12-gauge Remington shot­gun. No one was arrest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find.

In Westmoreland, about 5:30 pm, law­men in Cornwall Mountain seized a Smith and Wesson 9mm pis­tol and 31 rounds of ammu­ni­tion dur­ing an oper­a­tion, while a shot­gun was seized in Wedderburn dis­trict, Bethel Town, after law­men respond­ed to a dis­pute. One man was arrest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find in Cornwall Mountain.

On Wednesday, offi­cers in the Green Island area of Hanover car­ried out a tar­get­ed oper­a­tion in River Head Road, Logwood between 4:30 am and 8:30 am. During this oper­a­tion, a Mossberg 12-gauge shot­gun, a Taurus 9mm pis­tol and 90 assort­ed rounds of ammu­ni­tion were seized.

Five males along with a female were sub­se­quent­ly tak­en into custody.

Then an oper­a­tion was con­duct­ed in Salt Spring, St James, which led to the seizure of two Browning 9mm pis­tols, one Arcus 9mm pis­tol, three mag­a­zines, 14 9mm rounds, and a note­book con­tain­ing iden­ti­ty infor­ma­tion of peo­ple liv­ing in the United States of America.

One man was tak­en into cus­tody in con­nec­tion with that find.

Over in Trelawny, law­men con­tin­ued to make head­way in remov­ing ille­gal weapons from our streets, with the seizure of two Astra 9mm pis­tols and 24 9mm rounds while on oper­a­tion in Litchfield.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has renewed their appeal to cit­i­zens to col­lab­o­rate with the police on the ‘Get the Guns’ ini­tia­tive, which is geared towards remov­ing ille­gal weapons from the hands of crim­i­nals in Jamaica.

The JCF said that rewards will be offered to peo­ple who pro­vide infor­ma­tion that lead to the seizure of ille­gal guns and ammunition.

The pub­lic is also being asked to call Crime Stop at 311 or 811, police 119 emer­gency num­ber or the near­est police sta­tion to report ille­gal activ­i­ties in their com­mu­ni­ties. The police say cit­i­zens may also sub­mit tips and infor­ma­tion using the Stay Alert App from Google play store. Story orig­i­nat­ed here: 10 guns seized, 8 arrest­ed in 24 hours – Police