Sixth gun seized in St James
WESTERN BUREAU – Brenton Forbes, 33, of Salt Spring in St James is booked to appear in the Western Regional Gun Court on Monday to answer a charge of illegal possession of firearm.
Forbes was arrested and charged on Wednesday after a double barrel shot gun was reportedly found at his home.
According to Constable Peter Salkey, the police’s information officer for St James, Forbes was found with the weapon at about 1:45 pm during an operation carried out by the Area One Fraud Squad and the Special Operations Unit.
“The weapon, which has serial number, E13024, will be sent to the ballistics department for testing to determine if any crimes have been committed with it,” Salkey told the Observer.
Six illegal guns have been recovered by the police in St James since the start of the year. Last year, cops recovered 72 illegal firearms and 1,851 rounds of ammunition in the parish.
