Deliveryman charged for alleged possession of illegal gun
Published:Tuesday | February 4, 2025 | 2:39 PM
The St James police have charged a man following the seizure of an illegal gun during a mobile patrol along Fustic Road, Montego Bay, St James, on Monday.
Twenty-year-old deliveryman Matthew Willis, of Star Apple Boulevard, Catherine Hall, St James, is charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.
The Barnett Street police say about 9:30 p.m., the accused man saw the police service vehicle and started to act in a manner that aroused the suspicion of the police.
He was apprehended, and a brown bag he was carrying was searched.
The police say during the search, a Taurus G2C nine millimetre pistol with an empty magazine was found.
Willis arrested and subsequently charged.
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