The police in St. James seized an illegal firearm and more than 400 rounds of ammunition, as well as made several arrests during a series of operations on Thursday.
The operations were carried out by personnel from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division and the St. James Division.
The police reported that about 2 p.m., lawmen assigned to NSAD were conducting an operation at Fairview in Montego Bay, when they signalled the driver of a grey Toyota Fortuner motor truck to stop.
The police say the driver complied and, while searching the vehicle, NSAD personnel found five plastic bags containing ammunition on the floor behind the passenger seat.
The ammunition was counted in the presence of the driver and amounted to 228 7.62mm rounds.
The driver was taken into custody. His identity is being withheld pending further investigations.
In a simultaneous operation along the Fairfield main road, a team from NSAD intercepted a white Toyota Voxy motor vehicle.
The vehicle was searched in the presence of the driver and his passenger, and a box wrapped in duct tape was found on the floor.
The police say personnel from the Area 1 Technical Services Division, who conducted a forensic examination of the vehicle, found that the box contained two hundred 9mm rounds of ammunition.
Both were taken into custody. Their identities are being withheld pending further investigation.
Later, around 8:30 p.m., the St. James police were carrying out further curfew enforcement activities in Barrett Town when they reportedly saw a group of men standing near an abandoned premises.
The men's behaviour aroused the suspicion of the patrol team who attempted to accost them. However, on the approach of the police, the men ran.
The area was subsequently searched and a Browning single-action firearm with a magazine affixed, containing two cartridges, was found between two banana trees.
No one was arrested in relation to that seizure.
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