Police seize high-powered weapons, 260 rounds of ammunition in Salt Springs

The St James Police have seized three high-powered rifles, two 9mm pistols, and 260 rounds of ammunition during a joint police/military operation in two separate incidents in Salt Spring, St James yesterday.

According to the police, in the first incident, lawmen were in the area when they saw a group of men, whose behaviour aroused their suspicion.

The men ran into a heavily vegetated area.

A search of the area was conducted and two plastic bags were found containing:

 - One rifle

· One Anderson Multi-caliber rifle

· One AR 15 Multi-Calibre rifle

· Smith and Wesson SD9VE pistol

· One magazine containing sixteen 9mm rounds

· Three M16 magazines with one hundred 5.56mm rounds

· Eighty-nine 5.56mm rounds

· Thirty-nine 9mm live rounds of ammunition

No one was arrested in relation to this seizure.

In the second incident, lawmen were in the area when the actions of 21-year-old Rikoy Henninghamm otherwise called ‘Tallman’ aroused their suspicion.

On seeing the officers, Henninghamm pulled a firearm from his waistband and drop it on the ground.

The firearm, a SarsilmazSAR pistol with a magazine containing sixteen 9mm rounds of ammunition, was retrieved.

He was taken into custody and was formally charged.

His court date is to be finalised.

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