FIREMAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A PROHIBITTED WEAPON

Twenty-four-year-old Ashley Jones, a firefighter of Newcome Valley, Watchwell, St Elizabeth, was charged with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon following the seizure of a firearm at his home on Monday, April 07.

Reports from the Black River Police are that at about 4:30 p.m., lawmen carried out an operation at Jones’s premises, and one homemade firearm was seized from a drawer inside his house. He was arrested and subsequently charged following a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.

His court date is being finalised.