DEEJAY FREED OF GUN CHARGE
Deejay and sound engineer Alpachino, whose real name is Anthony Williams, has been freed of charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition....
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Man jailed for fictitious licence
A Clarendon man who reportedly presented a fictitious driver's licence to the police after being involved in a vehicular collision has found himself in jail on criminal charges....
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INDECOM probes murder in Kidd Lane
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has commenced an investigation into the shooting death of Nicholas Burke McCarthy, a resident of Kidd Lane, Kingston 13, on Tuesday, approximately 9:35 p.m...
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Residents fearing area don's return
MANY residents of Newland, Naggo Head and Portmore Lane in Portmore, St Catherine, have been going about in hushed tones of late, fearing what some claim is the impending release of a jailed area don this year...
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Man convicted for stealing water pump
A St Catherine man who stole a water pump was convicted in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and sentenced to six months imprisonment....
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53 detained, firearm and ammo seized
Fifty three persons were detained and a firearm and three rounds of ammunition seized during an operation in sections of St Catherine yesterday morning....
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$1m bail for human trafficking mastermind
One million dollar bail was offered to Hyacinth Ford-Drysden, the alleged mastermind behind a major human trafficking ring, in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
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577lb of ganja seized
Five Hundred and seventy-seven pounds (577lb) of marijuana with a street value of J$110 million was seized by the Jamaica Customs Department during an operation with officers from the Jamaica Trans-national Crime...
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Two wanted men held
Two men who were earlier this week listed as wanted by the police are now in custody. On Tuesday, Anthony Brown was listed as wanted by the St Catherine South police.
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Robbers target women for gold
The WEEKEND Star has been informed that persons, especially females, are being targeted for by robbers for gold jewellery. Police confirmed this yesterday, saying it is one of the spin-off of the lucrative cash-for-gold trade....
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Cops destroy six acres of ganja
As a result of ongoing efforts to tackle the guns-for-drugs trade, police in Westmoreland on Tuesday destroyed a large quantity of marijuana in the parish.
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