A team of officers from the St. Thomas Proactive Investigation Unit (PIU) confiscated an AK-47 assault rifle along with 18 various rounds of ammunition during an operation conducted in the Black Smith and Stewart Field districts of Seaforth on Wednesday, March 26.
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According to reports from the Morant Bay Police, the operation took place between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., during which law enforcement personnel conducted searches in the area. While searching in Stewart Field, they discovered the AK-47 rifle, which was found concealed in a knitted bag located within a PVC pipe buried along the riverbed. The bag contained a magazine with six 5.56 rounds and twelve 12-gauge shotgun rounds.
No arrests have been made in connection with this seizure.
Jamaica Constabulary force
The investigation is ongoing.