Former JLP Councilor On Weapons Charge

Former Jamaica Labour Party coun­cilor Barrington Bailey has been charged with ille­gal pos­ses­sion of firearm.
Bailey, oth­er­wise called ‘Junior’, of Kirkland Heights in Red Hills, St Andrew, is sched­uled to appear in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday, February 19.
The police say the 40-year-old was arrest­ed dur­ing a joint police-mil­i­tary check­point in Innswood on Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town in St Catherine on Sunday, February 10^th.
Bailey was arrest­ed about 5:40 a.m., after an Acura motor­car he was dri­ving was stopped by the police.
The police say Bailey account­ed for a licensed firearm. However, upon search­ing the vehi­cle, the police say an ille­gal Taurus 9 mil­lime­tre pis­tol was also found.