Three men are in custody at the Joint Police/Military Coast Guard base in Black River, St Elizabeth following a major cocaine bust between last night and this morning.
The Firearm Licensing Authority, FLA, has launched an investigation into the circumstances in which Maroon Chief, Richard Currie, had what appeared to be a shotgun strapped to his back during a confrontation with the police.
Karl Samuda, MP for St. Andrew North Central, has expressed grave concern about the fact the peace process in Park Lane has suffered a major setback with Saturday night's deadly attack by gunmen.
Investigators believe the shooting of seven people stemmed from an intra-gang dispute.
Two brothers were among three persons killed.
Mr. Samuda said that it was only recently he had praised the community for maintaining peace for an extended period.
“Absolute disappointment” was how the MP characterized his reaction to the shooting, adding that “it is going to take a lot of internal discussion and understanding of the specific reasons that led to it,” in order to restore peace to the traumatized community.
Nevertheless, he said he was committed to the endeavor, “to see if we can have the matters settled down again begin to enjoy the sort of peaceful atmosphere that had prevailed for such a long time
Following the shooting some residents of Park Lane moved out of the community.
Senior Superintendent of Police James Forbes will return to his high-profile job this Wednesday following advice late last week from the Police Service Commission that he has been reinstated after being freed of corruption charges.
One of two police officers who were charged following a multi-million dollar robbery in Hellshire, St Catherine two years ago, has been freed.
Detectives assigned to the Half-Way-Tree Criminal Investigations Branch have
laid Murder charges against 64-year-old Delton Knight, businessman of Great House Circle,
Kingston 6 for the shooting death of his son at their business place on Gordon Town Road,
Kingston 6 on Monday, April 12.