Thirty-one-year-old Andre Whyte, a laborer of George’s Close, Waltham Park Road, Kingston, was charged with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon and Unauthorized Possession of Ammunition following an incident in the community on Saturday, January 18.
Reports from the Half Way Tree Police are that at about 7:00 a.m., the lawmen conducted an operation in the community when Whyte was seen climbing over a wall at the rear of a premises. He was instructed by the team to desist, but he disobeyed and continued making his way over the wall.
He was subsequently accosted and the surroundings searched. One Daewoo rifle with a magazine affixed containing eleven 5.56 rounds was found in a black bag in a blue plastic drum where Whyte had initially climbed over the wall.
Whyte was arrested and later charged following a question and answer session.
His court date has not been finalized.
