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Illegal guns seized in St Andrew

Published:Monday | October 21, 2019 | 9:39 AM

Police personnel assigned to the Red Hills and Papine Police Stations seized two firearms in separate incidents on Sunday.

The Papine Police report that about 1:00 p.m. a tem conducted an operation on Premix Road, Kingston 6, during which a premises was searched and a Calico MP51 9mm rifle – with a magazine containing 24 rounds of ammunition – was seized.

Minutes later, about 1:15 p.m, the Red Hills Police carried out an operation at an unfinished house in Belvedere, St Andrew where a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol and five rounds of ammunition were seized.

No arrests have been made in relation to the seizures.

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