KINGSTON, jamaica, Jun. 26, CMC – A man who was wanted in connection with the seizure of 14 illegal firearms in the Corporate Area on May 28 has been captured and charged by detectives from the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID).
The police say Julian McLeish, 37, a phone technician was arrested on the weekend during a police operation in the central parish of Clarendon.
Several other people were also taken into custody, but their identities are being withheld pending further investigations.
McLeish was charged on Tuesday with multiple firearm-related offences.
The police say he was charged with 13 counts of possession of, dealing in and stockpiling prohibited weapons, as well as conspiracy to traffic, deal in and stockpile prohibited weapons.
His arrest follows an operation carried out by the FNID on May 28 at a property in the capital during which 14 firearms, 12 magazines and more than 50 rounds of ammunition were seized.
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