One man is in custody following the seizure of an illegal firearm and ammunition during a routine patrol in Bamboo, St Ann on Friday night. He is 28-year-old Shaniel Hickling of King Hill, Bamboo in the parish. Reports are that Hickling was accosted and searched in the vicinity of Hazelwood Square. A 9MM silver and black Zastava pistol with a magazine containing eight rounds and a transparent plastic bag containing.
ST JAMES, Jamaica - A Montego Bay businessman was on Wednesday freed of drug charges when he appeared before the St Ann Parish Court.
He is Karl Reid.
The charges stemmed from the seizure of a quantit.
The $22 million fraud uncovered at the St Ann's Bay National Commercial Bank (NCB) branch in January has increased by $6.6 million. The fraud amount rose after detectives found that US$44,000 was also swindled from another customer's.
The court case between some St Ann residents and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) over access to Little Dunn's River in Ocho Rios is set to begin on November 24. The date for the case brought by members of the surrounding.
A police constable who is accused of grabbing a woman's private parts while on duty at a police station last year was offered $200,000 bail on Friday. The lawman, Rashford James, who is attached to the Discovery Bay Police Station, was offered.