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Manchester man charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition

Published:Friday | June 26, 2020 | 9:20 AM

The Manchester Police have charged 23-year-old Carey Simpson, otherwise called ‘Alex Scott’, a farmer of Prospect district in the parish with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

The police report that a team was  on operation in Prospect district when a premises was searched and the firearm – a .38 revolver containing four .38 rounds of ammunition - was seized.

Simpson was subsequently arrested and charged.

He is scheduled to appear before the court on Wednesday, July 1.

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