Three men held over gun seizure in downtown Kingston
Published:Saturday | December 23, 2023 | 4:51 PM
The police have detained three men over the reported seizure of a gun along East Street in downtown Kingston early Saturday morning.
Reports from the Denham Town police are that about 3:10 a.m., members of a police patrol team saw the men.
Upon seeing the police, one of the men allegedly threw an object.
The police retrieved the item and discovered that it was reportedly a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol with a magazine containing eleven 9mm rounds of ammunition.
The three men were then arrested.
The police say their identities are being withheld pending further investigations.
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