The St. Catherine South Police Division embarked on a number of operational activities aimed at disrupting criminal activities and enforcing the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA)over the past 24 hours, which has resulted in several people arrested and a firearm seized.
According to the Police, approximately four hundred motor vehicles were stopped and checked, while thirteen persons were warned for breaches of the DRMA and six traffic tickets issued for various breaches of the Road Traffic Act.
Six persons were arrested and charged for Breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act in the Gregory park area.
A.45 pistol firearm along with four .45cartridges was reportedly seized after men challenged lawmen in a gun battle in Golf, Gregory Park, St. Catherine.
No one was arrested in connection to the seizure.
