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Chance encounter results in gun, ammo being seized in St Catherine

17 December 2024
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The St Catherine North police seized a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in Sligoville, Waugh Hill in the parish on Sunday, December 15.

Reports are that about 2:30 am, law enforcers observed a man walking along the roadway and signalled for him to stop, but he refused and attempted to evade the police.

However, the police managed to apprehend him and he was subsequently searched. A 9mm pistol with a magazine containing seventeen 9mm cartridges was reportedly taken from him.

The man was arrested and taken into custody, however, his identity is being withheld pending further investigation by the police.

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