ST THOMAS, Jamaica—  One assault rifle was found in St Thomason Wednesday, while Two high-powered rifles were seized in Portland.

In St Thomas, a team of policemen seized an AK-47 assault rifle and 18 assorted rounds of ammunition.

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Reports from the Morant Bay police are that between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, during a search of the Stewart Field community, the rifle and ammunition were seen hidden inside a knitted bag in a PVC pipe buried along a riverbed.

No one was arrested in  connnection with the seizure.

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Hours earlier in Portland, lawmen found two guns with magazines containing 50 rounds of ammunition during a search in Gurney district, Manchioneal.

Reports from the Manchioneal police are that about 2:00 am, lawmen carried out an operation at a premises in search of wanted men and during the search, the firearms and ammunition were seized. One man was arrested and taken into custody.

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His identity is being withheld pending further investigation.