Security forces to blanket crime hot spots for festive season
Published:Tuesday | December 4, 2018 | 12:35 PM
The security forces have launched a massive islandwide operation aimed at reducing murders and other crimes in key areas.
The targeted areas are sections of Westmoreland, Hanover, St James, Clarendon, St Catherine, and Kingston and St Andrew.
“These areas will see a large deployment of soldiers and police over the coming days and weeks, conducting targeted raids, vehicle checkpoints, aerial operations, patrols, cordon and searches, snap raids and curfews, in the pursuit of wanted men and high violence producers” said a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) statement.
Major Basil Jarrett, Civil Military Cooperation and Media Affairs Officer for the JDF, explained that the operations are aimed at reducing the level of murder and violent crimes heading into the festive season and dismantling gangs and gang activity that have persisted in these communities.
“The JDF has committed all available resources and personnel to the fight as we put our support behind the police who are leading the operations”, said Jarrett.
“We are calling for law abiding citizens to play their part by calling the various dedicated tip lines to give information on known criminal activity,” he added.
The JDF is urging persons to call the JDF tip line number at 876-837-8888 to give information on known criminal activity.
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