Drug seized by Kingfish, one killed in police shoot-out
Operation Kingfish seized more than 408 kilograms (900 lb) of ganja yesterday during an operation in Portland Cottage, Clarendon. One man was fatally shot during an alleged shoot-out between gunmen and the police during the incident.
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DON WOMAN RULES RESIDENTS
Residents of Bailey Hill, a small community in Westmoreland, are both fearful and respectful of their new don. This may seem like nothing new, but this don is far from ordinary.
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'Froggy' killed, two others injured
Three men were shot, one fatally, while playing dominoes at a shop at Corlette Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday night. The dead man, identified only as 'Froggy', and the injured men...
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Cops accused of hold-up freed
Two policemen accused of robbing a man in the New Kingston area of $300,000 were freed yesterday after the man said he did not wish to proceed with the case because he had since become a Christian and had forgiven the policemen.
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Constable awaiting trial
Despite having 12 trial dates set, Special Constable Uriel Harvey, who was charged with Breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act in 2007, has still not been tried. Special Constable Harvey of the Portmore Police Station...
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Young Ninja gets the weekend behind bars
The teenage son of dancehall artiste Desmond 'Ninja Man' Ballentine will spend the weekend behind bars as he is not as yet charged. The teen is facing charges stemming from the March 17 murder of Ricardo 'Ricky Trooper'...
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Wire-wielding mom charged with child abuse
A woman accused of beating her 11-year-old son with wires, causing him to be hospitalised, received looks of disdain in the Corporate Area Resident Magis-trate's Court yesterday.
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Fake worker remanded
Kevin Taylor, a man accused of pretending to be an employee of Courts Jamaica Limited and collecting money from persons wanting furniture, was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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Fix it - What's the status of Waltham Park Road?
AS PART of our mission to be the People Paper, THE WEEKEND STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will...
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Burglar remanded for stealing
WESTERN BUREAU: He was granted bail only a week ago for storehouse breaking and larceny, but 30-year-old Devon Reid was unable to keep himself out of trouble. Reid allegedly broke into the office of the University College...
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Cop implicated in car theft offered bail
A policeman who was implicated in the theft of a motor car from Fyffe's Pen district, St Elizabeth, in December last year, was offered $450,000 bail with one or two sureties when he appeared in the Santa...
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