The rehabilitated Adelphi Police Station in St James. (JIS photo)
Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says work has been completed on the rehabilitation of the Adelphi Police Station in St James.
The project was undertaken at a cost of $42.2 million through grant funding from the European Union (EU), and included construction of three cell/lock-up areas, an exhibit room, two offices, a guidance office, fencing and a driveway.
The main building, barracks area and the kitchen were also upgraded.
Sweeney told JIS News that the reaction to the improvement of the police station has been positive.
Three men were chopped and injured after they reportedly attempted to steal a motor vehicle from a man who is said to be a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) member in St Catherine on Wednesday.
Reports are that the soldier was traveling along the Bog Walk Gorge heading towards Spanish Town in his private motor vehicle when he was reportedly held up by four men who attempted to rob him of the vehicle when the soldier stopped after experiencing an upset stomach.
Reports are that the incident occurred some five minutes after the soldier stopped at the Bog Walk Bridge entrance to the Sligoville Road, where the men initially approached him, asking if he was well.