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Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator
The Police High Command has been left baffled by the mysterious disappearance of Nicholas Nesbeth, the trusted lieutenant of gang leader Christopher 'Dog Paw' Linton, from the maximum-security police complex at Mobile Reserve, St Andrew.
Nesbeth was captured and taken into custody on Tuesday, a day after Linton was held by police who had, for months, been hunting members of the Dog Paw gang in connection with numerous murders and shootings.
While it is unclear how he was able to walk from the police facility, which is separated from the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters by a chain-link fence, investigators believe Nesbeth might have been mistakenly ordered released by an officer on duty there on Wednesday.
Nesbeth, the alleged financial mastermind of the Dog Paw gang, who is otherwise known as 'Fire Key', was released by a subofficer on the instruction of one of his superiors.
"We have commenced an investigation into the circumstances under which he disappeared from the Mobile Reserve," head of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell, told The Gleaner yesterday. "At this time, we are appealing to Mr Nesbeth to turn himself in at the nearest police station."
The Mobile Reserve complex, which is located next door to the Island Special Constabulary Force headquarters, is manned on a 24-hour basis by police personnel at the entrance.
Nesbeth had been captured in the upscale Red Hills community of Kirkland Heights-Sterling Castle.
According to a law-enforcement officer who played a role in the operation, the Dog Paw gang member was found hiding inside a closet.
Linton, who remains in police custody, was nabbed by members of the security forces in Elletson Flats, St Andrew.
At the time, he was in the company of two women who, up to last night, also remained in police custody.
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The Police High Command has been left baffled by the mysterious disappearance of Nicholas Nesbeth, the trusted lieutenant of gang leader Christopher 'Dog Paw' Linton, from the maximum-security police complex at Mobile Reserve, St Andrew.
Nesbeth was captured and taken into custody on Tuesday, a day after Linton was held by police who had, for months, been hunting members of the Dog Paw gang in connection with numerous murders and shootings.
While it is unclear how he was able to walk from the police facility, which is separated from the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters by a chain-link fence, investigators believe Nesbeth might have been mistakenly ordered released by an officer on duty there on Wednesday.
Nesbeth, the alleged financial mastermind of the Dog Paw gang, who is otherwise known as 'Fire Key', was released by a subofficer on the instruction of one of his superiors.
"We have commenced an investigation into the circumstances under which he disappeared from the Mobile Reserve," head of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell, told The Gleaner yesterday. "At this time, we are appealing to Mr Nesbeth to turn himself in at the nearest police station."
The Mobile Reserve complex, which is located next door to the Island Special Constabulary Force headquarters, is manned on a 24-hour basis by police personnel at the entrance.
Nesbeth had been captured in the upscale Red Hills community of Kirkland Heights-Sterling Castle.
According to a law-enforcement officer who played a role in the operation, the Dog Paw gang member was found hiding inside a closet.
Linton, who remains in police custody, was nabbed by members of the security forces in Elletson Flats, St Andrew.
At the time, he was in the company of two women who, up to last night, also remained in police custody.
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