December 26, 2024
Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Jamaica
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St Catherine wanted man held in St Ann

Not the actual gun seized

4 from St Ann also arrested

 

A St Catherine wanted man was among five men taken into custody following a police raid in Runaway Bay, St Ann.

Police said they seized a firearm and several rounds of ammunition during the raid at Pear Tree Bottom, Runaway Bay, St. Ann on Tuesday, March 14.

Reports from the St. Ann’s Bay Police are that about 5:35 a.m., a team of officers conducted a targeted operation in the area where several premises were searched.

Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Fletcher, otherwise called ‘Tippy’, of Linstead, St. Catherine, who was featured on the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Wanted Wednesday campaign, was found in possession of a 9mm pistol with a magazine containing three rounds. Four other suspects were taken into custody. However, their identities are being withheld pending further investigations.