Police: Major Gun And Ammo Find

In a suc­cess­ful coör­di­nat­ed oper­a­tion between the police and Customs depart­ments, Wednesday evening at Berth 7, a bar­rel with sender list­ed, (name with­held) and receiv­er list­ed as (name with­held) was scanned and anom­alies were observed.

A detailed check of the bar­rel which includ­ed gro­cery items revealed 9 Pistols, 1 Uzi Submachine Gun, 26 Magazines and Ammunition list­ed as fol­lows 100- 5.56, 100- 7.62, 50- .45, 130- .40 and 243- 9mm rounds were found.

Two men were held in con­nec­tion with the seizure (1) Desmond Matthieu o/​c Bramwell age 43 years, Taxi Operator of #3 Barrett Avenue Kingston 13 and (2) Jevaughn Richards o/​c J or Flintstone age 24 years-old, unem­ployed of #88 – 100 Spanish Town Road Kinston 13.

The con­tra­band along with the two detainees were hand­ed over to C‑TOC which will be con­duct­ing fur­ther investigations.

Despite slights and dis­parag­ing state­ments from the Minister of National Security Horace Chang, the Police con­tin­ue to do good work for the peo­ple of Jamaica.
Sure there are bad actors among the police as there are bad actors in Gordon House and every­place in between.

Nevertheless, finds of this nature bring home the stark real­i­ties of the effec­tive­ness and impor­tance of police work and how lives are saved as a result.
Yet no one both­ers to stop and thank these brave and ded­i­cat­ed men and women who work tire­less­ly and with­out fan­fare to keep the nation safe.