SIGNIFICANT SEIZURES IN MANCHESTER

The Manchester Police made a series of significant seizures on Monday, September 15.

Commanding Officer for the Manchester Division, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says police teams across the parish seized two prohibited weapons and several rounds of unauthorized ammunition. The lawmen also arrested a robbery suspect and recovered a large sum of cash in a coordinated operation across multiple divisions.

Reports are that the robbery suspect was arrested on Greenvale main road in the parish about 11:30 a.m. According to Superintendent Duncan, a robbery took place on Mountain View Avenue in St. Andrew earlier on Monday. Using the police radio network, a description of the vehicle was shared islandwide and subsequently, a vehicle matching the description—a 2019 Toyota Axio motor car—was spotted by a police team on Greenvale Road in the parish. The motor vehicle was intercepted. The sole occupant of the vehicle was arrested, and cash, including Jamaican and United States currencies, was recovered.

Later that day, about 12:50 p.m., a police team seized a SSCY 9mm pistol and thirteen 9mm rounds of  ammunition on Battersea main road in the parish after they intercepted a Toyota Mark X motor car during a vehicular check point operation. Two men were arrested in connection with the seizure. 

Superintendent Duncan says the police returned to the Battersea Road area about 8:35 p.m. Monday night. The team reportedly saw four men fleeing the area when they arrived; the men escaped. During a search of the area, the police seized a Taurus 9mm semi-automatic pistol and seventeen 9mm rounds of ammunition.

 According to Superintendent Duncan, the seizures on Monday bring to 21 the number of firearms seized in the parish since the start of the year. Superintendent Duncan said more than a thousand rounds of ammunition have also been seized.

“These interceptions and seizures bring into focus our strategic and deliberate policing activities throughout the parish,” he said. While commending the men and women who work in the parish, he also issued a warning to would-be criminals.

“As long as you are out there, we also will be out there. So the chances of us crossing paths are very high,” he said.