Four persons of interest arrested in St Thomas
Published:Thursday | June 17, 2021 | 4:15 PM
Four persons of interest are now in custody after being nabbed by the St Thomas Police following an operation conducted in a section of the parish yesterday.
The men were arrested on reasonable suspicion of wounding with intent.
Three of them are reportedly farmers from Bell Castle in Portland.
They are 30-year-old David Ramsay otherwise called Tod; 21-year-old Akeem Woodcock also called 'Grigrie' and 29-year-old Alden Richards also known as Junior.
A farmer of Lower York in St Thomas was also arrested on reasonable suspicion of wounding with intent and murder. He is 45-year-old Milton Bent otherwise called Soljie.
According to reports the men, who were travelling in two motorcars, one of which was seen without registration plates, were signalled to stop.
A search was conducted.
Further investigation reportedly revealed that the four men were suspected to be wanted by the Seaforth Police in regards to a case of wounding with intent committed in Seaforth and that one among them was further wanted for the offence of murder.
The men were arrested and taken into custody.
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