Cops seize 10 guns in St Elizabeth,8 AK47 and 2 magnum!!!

[Dr.Dudd]

Cops seize 10 guns in St Elizabeth

BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-large South/Central Bureau
Thursday, December 21, 2006



SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Police yesterday seized eight AK 47 rifles, a .357 magnum revolver, a .38 revolver and assorted ammunition during a pre-dawn raid at the Great Bay fishing beach in the Treasure Beach area of south St Elizabeth.

Four men who police say were "interacting" at a house about 100 metres from the shoreline, shortly after allegedly offloading the guns and ammunition from a 30-foot motorized canoe which was also seized, have been arrested.

The names of those arrested have been withheld by the police, pending further investigation. Police say they are anticipating more arrests.
Chief of Police in St Elizabeth, Superintendent Maurice Robinson who led the operation told the Observer that the arms seizure - believed to be one of the biggest ever in St Elizabeth - is part of the "ganja for guns trade" that has been ongoing on Jamaica's south coast "for sometime".

Police believe the weapons arrived in Jamaica from Central America, possibly Honduras.

"We believe we have made a breakthrough in the operations of international gun smugglers on Jamaica's south coast," Robinson said.
The police say that acting on information from headquarters in Kingston, the raiding party took up position at Great Bay sometime after 7:00 pm on Tuesday night.

Hours later, shortly after 3.00 am, the 30-foot canoe pulled into shore with several men aboard. The police watched as the men ferried heavy packages to the house before moving in. There they found the guns and ammunition and arrested the four men. Police say they are all fishermen - two from Great Bay, one from the district of Newell in St Elizabeth and the fourth with addresses in Great Bay and Mitchell Town in Clarendon.

Robinson told the Observer that the success of the raid was the result of surveillance carried out for over a month in the Great Bay area by intelligence operatives from Kingston and St Elizabeth.
The ammunition seized included eight magazines for the AK 47 rifles, and thirty-six 7.62 mm cartridges. Two outboard motors, a 60 hp and 55hp, were seized along with the canoe.

Dudd: Now they are getting to the source. They have always been saying that the guns are coming from haiti,while they knew all along that they came from south America.

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Re: Cops seize 10 guns in St Elizabeth,8 AK47 and 2 magnum!!!

How sad [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Great Bay is such a lovely community.

[Dr.Dudd]

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How sad [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Great Bay is such a lovely community.

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That is how every one of the present hell holes,was before some 'bright' entrepeneur decide to arm unemployed youth and create the business of mahem for money enterprises in them.

..and while they 'smirk' all the way to the bank, with their blood money. Their victims family, weep all the way to the cemetry with their love ones, and another piece of Jamaica slips into the abyss of horrors. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70368-hoppingmad.gif[/img]

Jamaica Star News 12/23/06
GUNS FOR RENT - Gangs collecting big bucks for use of their weapons

By Fabian Ledgister, Staff Reporter

A thriving business is emerging among local criminals where guns are being rented to commit acts of robbery and even murder.

The practice has been uncovered to be on the rise in Spanish Town and Portmore, due to what sources say is a 'pile up' of weaponry among crime bosses.

THE STAR contacted a member of a rogue faction of the Clansman gang in Spanish Town, who confirmed that the activity is a lucrative business, where depending on the type and cost of the weaponry, rental prices may vary.

"From three gran' ($3,000) to all ten gran' ($10,000), gun can get fi borrow man...a mostly ol' revolver di robba dem come fa a Christmas time like .38. Wi nuh rent gun gi Showa man (JLP aligned) or man wi nuh know, an dem afi a guh out a port (outside community) fi rob caa wi na mash up wi place," said the member of the gang.

He says that not only are the guns available for rental, but that bullets can also be 'borrowed' on consignment.

"The gun dem can load up or empty man, an if dem nuh wa shot nobody, a money can run back fi di shot weh dem nuh use...bout six gran ($6000) fi a box a 50 shot, suh wi leggo a shot fi dolla fifty ($150), an whe nuh use wi buy back," said the gang member.

The rental scheme among criminals, is also being heavily practised in Portmore. According to a resident of the 'Sunshine City,' the increased practice is due to drug busts leaving criminal entities in financial duress, as well as increased financial demands in the Yuletide season.

"Di man dem hungry. Christmas deh yah, gun dem a get nuff and new gun a come in, so man dem a rent out di ting dem to people ina dem link fi keep up dem wrongs," said the Portmore resident.

Although officers from Spanish Town say they are oblivious to the practice, Portmore police are well aware, and have been making serious strides to eliminate the menacing practice.

Portmore's top cop, Superintendent Terrence Bent, head of the St. Catherine South Division, says that although they have not identified specific regions or gang entities that facilitate the gun rentals, their intelligence has highlighted the activity, especially in cases of robberies.

"We have no concrete evidence on this illegal enterprise but the scenario is real and I will not dispel it...firearms have been lent out for people to rob and if they get say $20,000, some of the money is handed over to the owner of the gun along with the gun. I have heard of serious feuds coming from these rented guns not being returned," said Supt. Bent.

Bent assured that his division is aggressively policing the increasing gun activities is his division, which is reflected in the significant rise in gun recoveries, this year.


"I hesitate to say that more guns are coming in, but there is definitely a steady gun supply being met to criminal entities, you can look at Wednesday's find in St. Elizabeth (eight AK47 rifles, one .38 revolver and a .357 Magnum seized)...we have a 50 per cent increase in guns being recovered this year, when compared to last year's figures," said Bent.


According to police statistics 69 guns have been recovered so far this year in the Portmore division, compared to only 45 guns being recovered in the same period last year

[Dr.Dudd]

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This state of affairs is not new. It has always been the case. As a matter of fact i knew of it's existence almost 30 years ago.
Many a renters loose their lives due to the loss fo weapons while on their 'job'. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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This state of affairs is not new. It has always been the case. As a matter of fact i knew of it's existence almost 30 years ago .
Many a renters loose their lives due to the loss fo weapons while on their 'job'. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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yes .. i remember this happening back in the late 70s early 80s

but not in Port-more ..
mostly out East .. Rockfort/Mountain View
and Central to West Kng

[Sinco01]

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Gun find no surprise to Area One police
published: Tuesday | December 26, 2006

Adrian Frater, News Editor

Western Bureau:

Unlike residents of the area, last Wednesday's seizure of eight AK-47 rifles, a .357 magnum revolver and a quantity of assorted ammunition in a pre-dawn police operation in Green Bay, St. Elizabeth, did not come as a surprise to the Police High Command in Area One.

"We have been following this sort of activity for quite a while," said Superintendent John Morris, the officer in charge of operations for Area One, which covers the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland.

Haiti link

"What you are now seeing is a culmination of the investigations that we have been doing over time," Superintendent Morris added. "Our intelligence has shown that local criminals have established a drugs for arms tie with their counterparts in Haiti."

Wednesday's weapons seizure in St. Elizabeth has confirmed the long-standing suspicion that criminals are targeting the many miles of unprotected coastline from St. Elizabeth to Westmoreland for illicit movement of drugs and guns.

At a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum, in Montego Bay, St. James Superintendent Dezeita Taylor, the commanding officer for Westmore-land, called for the re-establishment of a marine post along the coastline, saying it was a haven for drug trans-shipment and its many vices.

While noting that it was the increased vigilance of the police which led to last week's bust and the arrest of four fishermen, Supt. Morris said plans are under way to further strengthen security along the coastline.

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Re: Cops seize 10 guns in St Elizabeth,8 AK47 and 2 magnum!!!

so Dr, mek me ask u esee, dem no supervise de waters, like de coast guards???

dem fe know wha boat a come and go, [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70392-silly.gif[/img]

[Dr.Dudd]

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so Dr, mek me ask u esee, dem no supervise de waters, like de coast guards???

dem fe know wha boat a come and go, [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70392-silly.gif[/img]

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Coast guard use nuff fuel and that cost nuff money.
They simply cant afford to check every jamaican boat,because their are thousands of crafts that are involved in fishing on a daily basis.
All they criminals need to do is to meet other boats on the high seas and transfer the contrabond. It is very difficult.