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Gun found at police checkpoint handed over to cops

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2019 | 12:47 PM

A Berretta pistol containing sixteen 9 millimetre cartridges was handed over to the police by residents on Old Harbour main road, St Catherine today.

The St Catherine North Police report that about 6:20 a.m. a team was conducting a vehicular checkpoint that resulted in a pile up of traffic on the Old Harbour main road.

Someone allegedly threw a firearm from a vehicle and it was recovered by bystanders.

The police were summoned and it was handed over.

No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.

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