Mavado - Ian Allen photo

Despite being blasted publicly yesterday by entertainer Bounty Killer, the Morant Bay Police have announced that they are now on the hunt for fellow Alliance member, Mavado.

Police say a summons has already been prepared for the artiste, whose real name is David Brooks, for his alleged involvement in the use of indecent language at the 'Saddle to the East,' event held in St. Thomas on Saturday night.

"The artiste called Mavado came on and used expletives, so we made attempts to arrest him, but he ran ... We gave chances that night but he was purposeful in his actions, as he had already performed but decided to come on-stage again," said crime chief at the Morant Bay CIB, acting Deputy Superintendent Carlos Bell.

The summons, however, does not bound Mavado to report to the police, and only has authority once the document is delivered, where the police can then detain him.

But Mavado and Rodney Pryce, whom the police arrested after the event, were not the only persons accused of being 'bad-word' per-petrators on Saturday.

voiced warnings

Police say female artiste Macka Diamond was the first to use expletives that night, causing police to warn the promoter (Rodney Pryce) to voice warnings to other artistes to refrain from using bad words.

They say warnings were issued, but about 2:40 a.m., the artiste duo Twin of Twins also used expletives. However, the police say that after pleas from the twins and promoters, they gave them an ultimatum, apologise or be arrested.

After apologising, it seemed the drama was over, but witnesses say police came up during Sizzla's musical stint and apparently attempted to arrest him for also using expletives.

DSP Bell, the officer who engaged Sizzla, however, refuted these claims. In fact, he says he never even had any intentions of arresting the artiste at all. "I was speaking to Sizzla socially, about a professional matter. I know he didn't curse, so why would I be arresting him? Bounty, however, was cursing before he even got onstage, so we acted on him as well," said Bell.

Efforts to contact Mavado for a comment about the incident were unsuccessful.