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Prince Moore reports
A man who was wanted in connection with the seizure of 14 illegal firearms in Kingston on May 28 has been captured and charged by detectives from the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID).
He is 37-year-old Julian McLeish, a phone technician from Dunrobin Acres, Kingston 8.
Mr. McLeish was arrested on Saturday during a police operation in Waterlane, Clarendon.
Several other people were also taken into custody, but their identities are being withheld pending further investigations.
Mr. McLeish was charged on Tuesday with multiple firearm-related offences.
The police say he was charged with 13 counts of possession of, dealing in and stockpiling prohibited weapons, as well as conspiracy to traffic, deal in and stockpile prohibited weapons.
His arrest follows an operation carried out by the FNID on May 28 at a property in Deeside Avenue, Kingston 10, during which 14 firearms, 12 magazines and more than 50 rounds of ammunition were seized.
Another man, 38-year-old Lamar Douglas, otherwise called 'Joe', of Patrick City in St. Andrew, who was out on bail in connection with another case, was arrested during the operation.
He was charged on Wednesday, June 4.