The submachine gun which was reportedly taken from a seven-year-old boy at a school in St Elizabeth on Thursday.
The St Elizabeth police have reported the seizure of a submachine gun which was said to have been found in the possession of a seven-year-old student on Thursday.
The weapon was reportedly taken from the child at a school in the parish.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) confirmed the developments in a post on Instagram.
The constabulary said head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, had confirmed the incident.
The post said more information will follow on the development.
A photograph of the gun, which is carried, was posted on the JCF’s Instagram page.
The letters ‘JE’ are engraved on the weapon.