July 6, 2015
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Assault rifle seized in Portland |
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An AK-47 assault rifle was seized in Norwich district, Portland, on Saturday bringing to two the number of firearms seized in the community in as many days. Reports from the Port Antonio police are that about 3:30 p.m., the weapon, which was loaded with fourteen 7.62 rounds of ammunition, was found during a search of a section of a property in the community. No one was arrested in connection with the find. About 1:30 a.m. on Friday, police officers who were patrolling the area seized a Beretta Jericho handgun, along with a magazine containing one live round. Fifty-four-year-old Henry Gayle of White River in
Norwich was arrested in connection with the seizure
and subsequently charged. He is to appear in the
Port Antonio Resident Magistrate’s Court on
Tuesday.
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