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Carreras employee stabbed to death in St Ann

Published:Saturday | February 11, 2023 | 10:55 AM
Wesley Trench, 32, a resident of Mount Edgecombe, near Runaway Bay in St Ann, was found stabbed to death in Priory in the parish on February 11, 2023. He was a sales representative of cigarette company Carreras Limited. -Contributed

A sales representative of cigarette company Carreras Limited was found stabbed to death in Priory, St Ann on Saturday morning. 

He has been identified as Wesley Trench, a 32-year-old resident of Mount Edgecombe, near Runaway Bay in the parish. 

Head of the St Ann police Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell said a resident stumbled upon the body beside a car in the vicinity of the only stoplight in Priory around 5:50 a.m. 

He said there were no further details and investigations are ongoing. 

Carreras Limited is Jamaica's leading marketer and distributor of cigarettes and tobacco-related products. 

It's a member of the British American Tobacco Group companies. 

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