Homemade guns, over 50 rounds of ammunition seized in St Andrew
Published:Friday | February 27, 2026 | 8:56 AM
The police on Thursday seized several homemade firearms, a semi-automatic pistol, and more than 50 rounds of ammunition during an operation on McIntosh Drive in Top Range, Kingston 3.
No arrests were made.
Reports from the Half-Way Tree police are that between 4:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., personnel conducting an operation searched premises in the area and observed a shopping bag lodged between a tree trunk.
The bag was inspected and found to contain a Colt semi-automatic pistol with a magazine affixed and loaded with two .45 cartridges, according to the police.
The police say a further search was conducted with members of the Canine Division, which yielded four homemade firearms, 41 12-gauge cartridges, nine 9mm cartridges, one .40 cartridge, and one .22 cartridge.
Investigations are ongoing.
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