Chef charged for gun seized at Hellshire Beach
Published:Wednesday | March 8, 2023 | 11:49 AM
A chef has been arrested and charged following the seizure of a pistol with a magazine containing nine rounds of ammunition on Hellshire Beach in Portmore, St Catherine, on March 2.
He is 33-year-old Emelio Johnson, of Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine.
Johnson has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit says about 2:45 p.m., a team of police was on a targeted operation in the Hellshire Beach area, when Johnson was seen behaving in a manner that aroused the officers' suspicions.
Upon seeing the police, he allegedly ran and was subsequently accosted.
The police say the firearm and ammunition were taken from him.
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