Wanted man among five arrested in St Ann

A wanted man was among five persons taken into custody following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in Pear Tree Bottom, Runaway Bay, St Ann today.

Reports from the St Ann's Bay police are that about 5:35 a.m., a team conducted a targeted operation in the area where several premises were searched.

Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Fletcher, otherwise called 'Tippy', of Linstead, St Catherine, who was listed as wanted, was subsequently found in possession of a nine-millimetre pistol with a magazine containing three rounds.

Four others were also taken into custody.

However, their identities are being withheld pending further investigations.

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