Soldier arrested following seizure of gun in Glengoffe, St Catherine
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Detectives assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have arrested a member of the Jamaica Defence Force on reasonable suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm.
The police report that on the afternoon of Thursday, June 4, acting on intelligence, a search was conducted at a premises in Zion Hill, Glengoffe, St Catherine.
According to the police, a Glock P80 pistol with no visible markings, along with a magazine containing five rounds of ammunition, was seized.
The private was taken into custody following the seizure of the loaded weapon.
The police, with the cooperation of the army’s Special Investigative Unit, are conducting investigations into the matter.
The soldier was placed in police custody at the Portmore lock-up in St Catherine.
His name is being withheld pending further investigations.
- Rasbert Turner
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