BY: FABIAN LEDGISTER, Staff Reporter
Two high-powered illegal weapons were found during an operation by members of the Organised Crime division of the police force on Tuesday in the August Town area. The weapons are a Tech 9 sub-machine gun (bottom), and one Hi-point rifle with one empty magazine. - FABIAN LEDGISTER
IN AN EFFORT to elude the law, gunmen are choosing schools, churches, and even the homes of the elderly to hide their weapons.
Members of the Organised Crime division attest that criminals choose these locations, as they are difficult for police to search without "concrete evidence."
On Tuesday a team from the Organised Crime Division recovered two high powered weapons at an open lot adjoining the Goldsmith Villa Basic School, in August Town, St. Andrew.
Reports are about 2:30 p.m., a police team was in the August Town area, based on information received. Their search took them to an open lot in the Goldsmith Villas area of August Town, where two high-powered weapons were found.
"One Tech 9 sub-machine gun with the serial number obscured, and one Hi-point rifle serial AD3264 with one empty magazine were found...the guns were well hidden in a transparent plastic bag beneath a large rock," said Detective Corporal Rory Martin, an officer involved in the operation.
They say on January 13, an AK 47, and a home-made rifle were recovered at the Rising Star Basic School along Seawright Drive, St. Andrew in a similar operation.
Neither of the cases were able to manifest any arrests. Regardless, police say they have identified the trend, and will be making every effort to recover these guns, citing that disarming these criminal elements will save "countless lives."
"Places such as schools, churches, and even the homes of old people are being used to hide guns...they know that it is a challenge to get to search these places, but we are aware of the trend," said Assistant Superintendent at Organised Crime, Victor Barrett.
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