By Sue-Ann Wayow
ONE man has been arrested in connection with murder and several persons arrested in separate incidents over the weekend.
Police reported that on Sunday, a man was charged with murder and other firearm offences in connection with the death of Mandela Mason, which occurred on November 23, 2021, in the Besson Street Police District.
Also on Sunday, during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Fyzabad district by the South Western Division, a search warrant was executed at a house located on Dubarry Street. A 55-year-old man from Penal was arrested for trafficking in marijuana, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.
A 29-year-old man from Erin was arrested on enquiries into kidnapping.
Three other men were arrested for possession of a Glock pistol loaded with an extended magazine, possession of 29 rounds of 9mm ammunition and possession of camouflage.
Two persons were also arrested in the Eastern Division after officers seized a homemade shotgun with one round 12-gauge cartridge on Sunday.
On Saturday, one man was arrested and a pistol and quantity of ammunition seized, during an anti-crime exercise, conducted in Western Division.
Officers of the Western Division Task Force, were on mobile patrol along Alfred Richards Street, St. James, when they had cause to stop and search a man, which resulted in the seizure of one Glock pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition. The 40-year-old suspect of the area was arrested in connection with the find.
And on Friday, an off-duty officer attached to the Guard Unit at the Police Academy came under gun-fire as he foiled a robbery in Trincity on Friday. During the incident, the officer discharged his firearm and the suspects crashed their “getaway” vehicle onto the pavement and fled. However, officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region Two, who responded to the report, captured one of the suspects and recovered several of the stolen items.
