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Prisoner escapes custody from police station in Westmoreland

Published:Friday | February 9, 2024 | 9:43 PM
A manhunt is on to locate him. - File photo.

A prisoner escaped from the Morgan's Bridge Police Station in Grange Hill, Westmoreland on Friday night.

A Gleaner source indicated that the incident took place sometime after 8 p.m. 

Further, our source informed that the man, whose identity has not yet been revealed, escaped from the holding area at the station while cops were in the process of releasing a man who made bail.

A manhunt is on to locate him.

- Albert Ferguson

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