Landscaper charged after being held with homemade gun
Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 11:17 AM
Twenty-five-year-old Michael Silvera, a landscaper of Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew, has been charged by the police after he was found in possession of a homemade gun on Plum Lane in the parish on Saturday.
The Constant Spring Police report that about 12:10 a.m., cops were on patrol in the area when they accosted Silvera, who was acting in a manner that aroused their suspicion.
The police say he was searched and a homemade firearm was found in his waistband.
He was subsequently charged with illegal possession of firearm.
His court date is being arranged.
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