Members of the security forces conducting spot checks during a previous operation in St Catherine.
Major security operations are now underway in three St Catherine hotspots in an effort to contain crime in the parish.
The hierarchy of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is tight-lipped about the operations, however, police sources have told
Loop News that blockades are being set up in Portmore, Central Village and Old Harbour - all three communities situated in the St Catherine South Police Division.
Members of both the JCF and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are involved in the operations with curfew-type infrastructure being established, according to the sources who say the initiative is a part of the security forces’ anti-gang crackdown.
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Lawmen from the St Catherine South Police Division have arrested and charged two men with assault at common law and illegal possession of firearm following an incident in Central Village, St Catherine on Tuesday, December 15.
Charged are 39-year-old Oswald Hulcolm, otherwise called ‘Biggs’, and 29-year-old Charton Balford, otherwise called ‘Not Nice’, both of First Avenue, Central Village.
Reports are that the now complainant was at home when his door was allegedly kicked in by Hulcolm and Balford, who pointed a firearm at him and threatened him.
A report was subsequently made to the police, after which both men accused men were arrested. They were charged after a question-and-answer session with the police.
Maurine Douglas has gone without food or sleep, having learnt that her son and best friend, who was due to migrate to be with her in the United States in January, was killed Saturday during an alleged confrontation with a policeman in Portmore.
The deceased man, Ricardo ‘Richie’ Douglas, was killed following a nine-night for a well-known shopkeeper along Keswick Way about 10:40 p.m.
Douglas’ cracking voice was evidence of her grief. She is struggling to compose herself before she flies to Jamaica this weekend.
She spoke of the daily video calls that compensated for the two years she and her son have been apart.
No motive has been established for the attack - File photo.
The Major Investigations Division (MID) has launched a top-level probe in the circumstances surrounding the killing of three men and a woman by unknown assailant (s) in Planters Hall, Old Harbour in St Catherine this morning. The deceased have been identified by the police as 31-year-old Richard Wright, otherwise called ‘Richie’, 27-year-old Omar Wright, otherwise called ‘Buss Head’, 49-year-old Lester Harvey, all farmers of Rhule Town district, Old Harbour, Clarendon and a female known only as ‘Nordia’ of a Chapleton, Clarendon address. The police report that about 1:30 a.m., residents heard explosions and summoned the police.