LABOURER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A PROHIBITED WEAPON
The St. James Police have charged 35-year-old labourer Melcardo Smith of Post Office Hill, Cambridge, St James, with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon following the seizure of a Taurus 9mm pistol in his community on Sunday, August 17.
Reports from the Cambridge Police are that at about 12:05 a.m., a police team on mobile patrol in the area observed Smith standing along the roadway. On seeing the lawmen, he began walking away when he was approached. Smith pulled the firearm from his waistband and dropped it on the ground.
The firearm was retrieved, and Smith was taken into custody, where he was charged with the offence.
His court date has not been finalised.
