High-tech rifle seized
THE HUNTS BAY police recovered two high-powered weapons and a man was shot and injured in Waltham Park Road area yesterday. The police seized an M-16 rifle with nepolite sight technology and a Tech Nine sub-machine gun.

Tony Welsh charged with murder
POPULAR PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) activist Tony Welsh was on Tuesday arrested and charged with murder by Operation Kingfish in relation to the death of Damion Hussey who was stabbed to death in Golden Spring, St. Andrew, on January 15.

Four on ganja charge return to court
THE FOUR PERSONS CHARGED with the discovery of 890kg of ganja at the Kingston Wharves late last year will return to court February 24 when the case will again be mentioned. Dwight James, 35-year-old truck driver from May Pen, Clarendon...

Woman accused of drug trafficking loses bail bid
WESTERN BUREAU: THE BAIL APPLICATION for a 45-year-old female drug accused, whom Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry assessed as a possible flight risk, was turned down in the Montego Bay RM Court recently.

Lawyer raps ID 'scandal'
western bureau: AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING three murder accused fiercely argued that one of his three clients was being held in custody despite a witness' failure to point him out in an identification parade ...

Fraud charges dropped
WESTERN BUREAU: A man who was before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on a charge of fraudulent conversion, on Monday, had the charge against him dropped after he repaid the complainant in full.