Two guns seized, four arrested in St Andrew police operations
Published:Sunday | September 8, 2024 | 4:29 PM
Police seized two illegal firearms and arrested four men in operations in St Andrew on Saturday.
The first seizure occurred around 10 p.m. on Bay Farm Road.
A police team found a Zastava 9mm pistol and 12 rounds of ammunition hidden in a bag under the front passenger seat of a Nissan Sedan motor car. They had signalled the car to stop.
Four men were taken into custody in connection with the discovery.
About an hour later, at 11:20 p.m., another police team on Collies Road in the Olympic Gardens police division responded to reports of gunfire.
Upon arrival, they saw a man fleeing and dropping a Sig Sauer pistol with eight 9mm rounds
.The suspect escaped into a nearby property.
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