Police seize firearm in Retrieve, St James
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April 30, 2022

Police seize firearm in Retrieve, St James

ST JAMES, Jamaica — A team of officers assigned to the St James Police Division seized a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol with a magazine containing 16 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Oil Mine Lane, Retrieve district in St James on Friday, April 29.

Reports from the Cambridge Police are that about 1:30 pm, lawmen were in the area when they saw a man whose actions aroused their suspicion. On seeing the police the man ran.

The police team pursued him and a search of the area was conducted and the firearm and ammunition were found metres away.

No one was arrested in relation to the seizure.

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