A Police Corporal, Jermaine Merril Powell o/c Zigga of Rocky Settlement, Rockey Point, Clarendon, attached to the Hunts Bay PIU, was arrested for breaches of the dangerous drug Act yesterday.
On Friday, November 9, 2018, about 4:20pm during Anti-narcotics and Illegal Guns operations the Area 3 Narcotics Police along with the Porus Police stopped a White Toyota Probox along the Porus Main Road in the Vicinity of the Porus Police Station.
The vehicle was being driven by Corporal Jermaine Merril Powell o/c Zigga.
In the vehicle with him was Steve Ray Moxam o/c Guga Wray, Fisherman of Rockey Point Clarendon.
During a search of the vehicle, approximately 1kg of white Powder Substance Resembling Cocaine and One Million Jamaican Dollars, ($1,000’000.00) were found wrapped in a Black Plastic Bag and concealed between the spare wheel and the bottom of the vehicle.
Powell and Moxam were arrested on reasonable suspicion of breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
A Glock Pistol along with two magazines was seized from Corporal Powell.
Powell indicated that the pistol and the motor car are both government property.
Both accused, the vehicle and exhibits were taken to the Porus Police Station.
More Investigations are to follow.
