Cache of ammo, illegal gun found at wharf in MoBay
Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 12:51 PM
An illegal gun and 30 rounds of ammunition were discovered in a barrel at the Freeport Wharf in Montego Bay, St James on Monday.
No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.
It is reported that about 4 p.m., members of the Jamaica Customs Contraband Enforcement Team and the St James Proactive Investigation Unit, acting on intelligence, carried out an operation at the wharf, where a cardboard barrel was searched.
It was reported that the barrel contained a .380 pistol with two magazines containing thirty.380 rounds.
The contraband was seized.
- Hopeton Bucknor
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