St Andrew police charge two men for alleged illegal gun possession
Published:Tuesday | August 20, 2024 | 1:19 PM
Two men have been charged in relation to the seizure of a firearm on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew on August 12.
They are 24-year-old Ackeem Gooden, a taxi operator of Greater Portmore, St Catherine, and 24-year-old-year-old Markeion Slater, a labourer of Cassava Piece, Kingston 8.
Both men have been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.
The Constant Spring police say about 12:12 a.m., police were on a patrol when they signalled the driver of a Toyota Voxy motor car to stop.
The driver complied and the police team searched the vehicle and reportedly found a Smith and Wesson firearm.
Gooden and Slater were arrested and subsequently charged on August 17.
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