Man charged with illegal possession of firearm

Detectives attached to the Clarendon Division have charged 37-year-old Richard Simmonds with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Simmonds, otherwise called ‘Shortman’, a labourer of Troy Crescent, Kingston was charged on Friday.

The police report that about 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, July 15, a team signalled a white Nissan Tiida motor car to stop.

According to the police, the occupants were searched and Simmonds was found with a Taurus 9mm pistol and a magazine containing eleven 9mm rounds hidden in his pants.

He was arrested and subsequently charged.

His court is being finalised. 

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