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Firearm and ammunition seized in Kingston, man charged

Published:Thursday | February 7, 2019 | 9:33 AM

The Allman Town Police arrested and charged a man in connection with the seizure of a Glock pistol and 14 rounds of ammunition on Anderson Road, Kingston 4 on Wednesday.

He is 22-year-old Javoughn Hanson, otherwise called ‘Hot Head’, of Anderson Road, Kingston 4 and a Cumberland address in St Catherine.

He is charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

The police say about 9:20 p.m. a team was on patrol in the area when Hanson was accosted, searched and the firearm, with the ammunition, was found in a bag he was carrying.

He was subsequently taken into custody and charged. 

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