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By Clinton McGregor
The police are investigating an incident in which a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force was reportedly held in possession of more than 100 rounds of ammunition and $1 million cash in St. Catherine, on Thursday night.
The incident occurred about 7:50, at Jew Pen in Bog Walk.
Radio Jamaica News was informed that a police team responded to reports of explosions in the area.
On their arrival the police found a man hiding in bushes.
The man identified himself as a member of the JCF.
The constable said he and three other men drove into the area to conduct a motor vehicle transaction when they came under fire.
He ran into the bushes and his associates jumped into a vehicle and sped away.
The constable made contact with his friends who went to the Bog Walk Police Station where he was also taken.
Radio Jamaica News was informed that police personnel conducted a search of the policeman's vehicle and found 100 nine millimetre cartridges in the glove compartment and one magazine containing 10 nine millimetre cartridges in the armrest console of the motor vehicle.
It's alleged that the constable does not have a firearm licence.
Cash totalling more than $1 million was also taken from the constable and one of his friends.
The High Command has ordered a probe into the incident.
Man shot
Investigators are trying to establish whether there is a link between the incident involving the police constable and the shooting of a man in the same area in Bog Walk on Thursday night.
It's reported that about 7:50 p.m., the 24-year-old victim was walking along the roadway in Jew Pen, when he was approached by gunmen who opened fire, hitting him several times to the upper body.
The wounded man contacted a family member who rushed to the scene and assisted him to hospital.
He has been admitted in serious condition.
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