St Mary Police Team With Soldiers in Intelligence-Led Raids In Tower Isle, Huddersfield
TOWER ISLE, St Mary; Nov. 3, 2026
Four people were arrested and charged in St Mary, two for drugs and two in connection with Lottery scamming.
The arrests were made in raids Tuesday morning, November 3, 2026, in the Huddersfield and Tower Isle areas of the parish.
Arrested and charged are 63-year-old John Fitzgerald Edwards and his wife, 63-year-old Sonia Lorraine Burgess, of the Huddersfield area, both charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine and using premises to store cocaine following the seizure of approximately three pounds of cocaine at their apartment.
(Superintendent Anthony Edwards led team of several police formations, plus soldiers)
The other two persons are 36-year-old electrician Christopher Sterling and 23-year-old Devante Duncan, also of Huddersfield, both charged in connection with possession of identity information. Police detained an additional eighteen people for questioning, processed them, and then released them.
The police say this was part of their intensified offensive against crime and violence. The operations were conducted between 3:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and involved members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaica Defence Force. Participating formations included the Area Two Fugitive Apprehension Team, Canine Division, Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, Caribbean Search Centre, Area Two Highway Patrol and several units and sections from the St. Mary Division.
Head of St Mary police, Superintendent Anthony Wallace stated that this operation forms part of a broader strategy to maintain sustained pressure on criminals and violence producers, particularly in communities affected by recent violent incidents, break-ins, lottery scamming and other unlawful activities.
