TWO PERSONS CHARGED WITH BREACHES OF THE FIREARMS ACT IN ST ANDREW
Lawmen assigned to the St. Andrew South Policing Division have charged two persons with Possession of a Prohibited Weapon and Unauthorised Possession of Ammunition following an operation on Riverside Drive, Kingston 20, on Saturday, October 10.
The accused are 45-year-old Andy Kirk Hasphaul, otherwise called ‘Baddas’ and ‘Bad Rat’, and 49-year-old Lavern Natasha Pascoe, both of Riverside Drive, Kingston 20.
Reports from the Duhaney Park Police are that at about 9:00 a.m., a police team, acting on intelligence and armed with a search warrant, went to the premises in search of Hasphaul. Upon arrival, the team observed Hasphaul and Pascoe inside the one-bedroom premises. A search of the premises was conducted, during which a Taurus pistol and a magazine containing seven 9mm rounds were found and seized. Both individuals were subsequently arrested and charged.
Their court date is being finalised.
