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Man Killed, 24 Arrested As Cops Seize Seven Guns

Two want­ed men are among 23 peo­ple arrest­ed Monday as the police seized sev­en ille­gal firearms and over 200 rounds of ammu­ni­tion in sep­a­rate inci­dents. A 21-year-old man was killed in one instance. In the first inci­dent, which occurred in St James, a police/​military oper­a­tion was con­duct­ed on Peddlers Lane in Mount Salem, when two firearms and 150 rounds of assort­ed ammu­ni­tion were seized. Reports are that between hours of 4:00 am and 2:00 pm, dur­ing the search of a premis­es police seized two firearms:

  • One Colt .45 pis­tol with six. 45 rounds of ammu­ni­tion and
  • One Taurus .40 pis­tol with eleven .40 rounds of ammunition.

The law­men con­tin­ued their oper­a­tion and the search of an open lot in the area result­ed in the fol­low­ing rounds of ammu­ni­tion being found:

  • Forty-four .44mm rounds
  • Forty-five 12-gauge rounds
  • Forty-five 7.62 mm rounds

Eighteen peo­ple, to include want­ed per­son Oniel Clarke oth­er­wise called ‘Goatie,’ were tak­en into custody.

In the sec­ond inci­dent which occurred in March Town, Green Island, Hanover, law­men were con­duct­ing spe­cial oper­a­tions about 6:00 am, when a red and black knap­sack was found. It con­tained six 5.56 car­tridges, twen­ty-four .45 car­tridges and eleven 9mm cartridges.

Five men were tak­en into cus­tody in rela­tion to this seizure.

The suc­cess of the law­men con­tin­ued when anoth­er want­ed man was arrest­ed and a Colt Commander .45 Semi-Automatic Pistol with a mag­a­zine con­tain­ing nine rounds of ammu­ni­tion seized on Homestead Road in Rollington Town, Kingston 2.

Reports from the Elletson Road Police are that about mid­day, a team of offi­cers searched premis­es in the area when the firearm and ammu­ni­tion were seized and one of Kingston Eastern’s most want­ed men.

He is Paul Cassanova oth­er­wise called ‘Pablo’, 30-year-old of Bayshore Park, Harbour View, Kingston 17.

In August Town, Kingston 7, police were busy con­duct­ing oper­a­tions in the Jungle 12 area when the search of a premis­es revealed one Glock 19 pis­tol. No one was arrest­ed in con­nec­tion with this seizure.

Then, 21-year-old Jarvis Ramsey was shot dead dur­ing a con­fronta­tion with the police and one Taurus 9mm pis­tol along with eight 9mm rounds of ammu­ni­tion seized on Ramsey Road, Kingston 13 about 6:05 pm.

This inci­dent has been report­ed to the Inspectorate of Constabulary (IOC) and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM).

The momen­tum con­tin­ued, lead­ing to the seizure of one AK-47 rifle along with a mag­a­zine con­tain­ing twelve 7.62 rounds of ammu­ni­tion, one M‑16 rifle, eigh­teen 5.56 rounds of ammu­ni­tion and a M16 mag­a­zine on Escarpment Road, August Town in Kingston 7. One man was tak­en into cus­tody for ques­tion­ing in rela­tion to the seizure.

The police are renew­ing their appeal to mem­bers of the pub­lic to tell what they know in order to assist in the cre­ation of safer com­mu­ni­ties. They can con­tact Crime stop at 311, police 119 emer­gency num­ber, the near­est police sta­tion or via the stay alert app.
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