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Major Crimes Down In St James – Jamaica Information Service
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During the operation, a barrel was checked and found to contain the illegal firearms and ammunition.
A total of nineteen firearms and more than 400 assorted rounds of ammunition were recovered to include 13 handguns, 6 high powered rifles and 39 magazines.
Some of the bullets found
The barrel is said to have a Western Jamaica address, and arrived in the island recently from Florida in the USA.
There is now a major multi-agency investigation underway as the Police seek to identify the persons responsible.
According to head of the St. James Police Division, Superintendent Vernon Ellis, last year the St. James Division recovered 116 illegal firearms and 1,378 rounds of ammunition, which was the highest recovery made by any division.
The parish that recorded the largest decline is the St. James Police Division.
The tourism capital recorded 143 murders in 2019 whilst this year it recorded only 115 such cases.
Still, the St. James’s Police Division remains one of the top parishes as it relates to cases in homicide.
St Andrew South and St Catherine North tops the list in homicide cases tallying at 137 and 122 respectively.
The Western Kingston Police Division records an increase in homicide cases weighing in with 57, which is the highest increase this year, bringing their tally to 92.
Portland, records 10 murders, keeping them as the Parish that is the least affected by homicides.