Teens charged for illegal possession of firearm
Published:Friday | August 19, 2022 | 6:12 PM
Two teenagers have been charged following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in Shelter Rock, St. Catherine on Thursday.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) says 18-year-old Rushawna Cohall of Dempshire Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, and a 15-year-old boy were arrested during a police operation in which premises were searched.
The CCU says a Ruger pistol with a magazine containing ten rounds were found in the possession of the accused teens.
A further search was conducted and three sealed parcels containing ganja were also allegedly found.
Cohall and the 15-year old boy were arrested and charged for illegal possession of firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, possession of ganja and dealing in ganja.
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