Cops seize illegal guns, ammunition on New Year’s Day

Lawmen seized three illegal firearms and several rounds of ammunition on New Year's Day in four separate incidents, taking a teenager into custody in relation to one of the seizures.

The St Andrew North police recovered one 9mm pistol, two magazines and 26 9mm rounds of ammunition on Fagan Avenue, Gants Pen, Kingston 8. Reports from the Constant Spring police are that about 1:40 a.m., lawmen were on patrol in the area when a group of persons were seen standing along the roadway. Upon the approach of the police, the crowd dispersed. A search was conducted of the area and the firearm and ammunition were recovered.

Shortly after in August Town, St Andrew, 12 9mm cartridges were seized from a teen along Bedward Crescent. Reports from the Half-Way Tree police are that about 1:50 a.m., lawmen were on patrol in the area when the teen was among a group of men coming from an event. They were accosted, searched, and the ammunition was removed from his jacket pocket. He was taken into custody pending further investigations.

In the St Andrew Central Police Division, a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver was recovered by lawmen during an intelligence-led operation along Godpyle Road in Kingston 5. Reports from the Cross Roads police are that about 6:05 a.m., lawmen acting on information went to the gully in the area where they found the weapon in a brown bag. The weapon was sent to the Forensic Laboratory for processing. No one was arrested in connection to the seizure.

In Clarendon, lawmen assigned to the May Pen Operation Support Team seized a firearm and one cartridge during an intelligence-led operation in Oaks Pen, Rosewell, Sandy Bay. Reports are that about 12:20 p.m., lawmen acted on information and carried out a search of an unused fowl coop, where a 12-gauge shotgun and one cartridge was recovered. No arrest has been made.