Horace Fisher, Star Writer

A 21-year old man from Montego Bay, St James, was yesterday arrested and charged in May Pen, Clarendon, after he was found with multiple lead sheets and other lottery scamming paraphernalias in the Havannah Heights area of the parish.

According to police reports, the suspect, who is from Springfield in Montego Bay, was held with 38 lead sheets and after being questioned, admitted to investigators that he used the lead sheets to make contact with persons overseas for scamming purposes.

"He (the suspect) was held today (yesterday) with 38 lead sheets and other lottery slamming paraphernalias. He admitted in a caution statement that he used the paraphernalias to make contact with persons overseas," an investigator at the May Pen Police Station told THE WEEKEND STAR.

The investigator also said that the May Pen police will collaborate with their St James counterparts to determine if the suspect, who is booked to appear in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's Court today, is wanted for any crime committed in that parish.