HOT SOUP THROWN ON PREGNANT WOMAN
Bjorn Burke, taff Reporter
No evidence was offered against a man and a pregnant woman accused of assaulting another woman, who is also pregnant, when they appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Charged with assault occasioning bodily harm is a 33-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, both of Marverly, Kingston 20.
Allegations are that on June 21, approximately 5:30 p.m., the complainant was at home eating crab when some water was spilt on the floor. It is said that the complainant went for a mop to wipe up the water.
The allegations before the court is that she was attacked by the accused woman who poured scalding hot cup soup on her chest causing burns to her breasts. It is alleged that the man then intervened, during which he flung stones hitting the pregnant complainant on her left hand causing swelling and pain.
hearty chuckle
Laughter filled the air during the proceeding following the question of whether or not the accused male in the matter was responsible for the pregnancy of both women. After sharing a hearty chuckle, all parties involved responded no to the claim.
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked the complainant how she would prefer to have the matter resolved.
"Me want back mi money mi spend a the doctor," she said.
The court heard that the complainant had spent $3000 in medical expenses.
Subsequently, the sum was collected and handed over.
"All right, you may go, and unu stop the foolishness!" RM Pusey concluded.
J'can claiming to be gay escapes UK deportation
"You can't deport me ... I'm gay!" was the explanation given by 55-year-old Jamaican, Alvin Brissett, after he was scheduled to be deported from the United Kingdom to Jamaica.
According to the UK-based Daily Mail, moments before being placed on a plane at Gatwick Airport to board a flight to Jamaica, Brissett allegedly declared he was a homosexual and claimed he could not return to Jamaica as he could face discrimination due to his sexual orientation.
Two Immigration Judges later ruled in favour of Brissett, stating that his right to a family life is more important than the Government's wish to protect British citizens from him.
Brissett, who is reportedly a father of two children, has been residing in East London since he was 13 years old.
He reportedly has 18 convictions for theft, three for possession of drugs and four for assault.
According to the Daily Mail, in 1993, he was jailed for seven years for robbery. He also received a 12-month sentence for theft and threatening behaviour at a later date and in 2009, he was also jailed for a street attack.
Twenty-four-year-old man missing
Twenty-four-year-old Kimarley Omelley of Mona Commons, Kingston 6, has been missing since Monday, August 25.
He is of dark complexion, medium build, and is about 173 centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall.
Reports from the Papine police are that about 6:30 p.m., Omelley was last seen at home, dressed in a red-and-black shirt, red pants and a pair of white, red and grey sneakers. He has not been heard from since. Several efforts to contact him have so far proven futile.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kimarley Omelley is being asked to contact the Papine police at 927-2047, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.
Soundbigg - Facing Reality Again Vol. 10
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Soundbigg - Facing Reality Again Vol. 10
2014, 66 Min., 1-track, mp3, 320 kBit/s cbr, 160 mb,
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01 BLESSED LOVE - MARTEI KORLEY (KINGSTON KONFIDENTIAL EP)
02 RASTA CALLING - CHINO (SIMPLY NATURAL RIDDIM)
03 TIME - EXCO LEVI (SIMPLY NATURAL RIDDIM)
04 RUNNING AWAY - R.C. RIGHTEOUS CHILD (SIMPLY NATURAL RIDDIM)
05 LIFE WE LIVE - JAH CURE
06 WE CAN DO IT - SPECTACULAR (NO MORE SLAVING RIDDIM)
07 TOO MUCH MAN A DEAD - CAPLETON (NO MORE SLAVING RIDDIM)
08 NO SLAVE - JAH BOUKS (NO MORE SLAVING RIDDIM)
09 SELLING STORIES GAPPY RANKS (NO MORE SLAVING RIDDIM)
10 VOICES - TORCH (MY VOICE RIDDIM)
11 VOICES IN YOUR HEAD - OMARI (MY VOICE RIDDIM)
12 WHO'S GONNA HELP US - MACKEEHAN (MY VOICE RIDDIM)
13 STAY INNA MI LANE - DEMARCO (MY VOICE RIDDIM)
14 GOOD MORNING WORLD - R.C. RIGHTEOUS CHILD (ROUGH SURVIVOR EP)
15 FALSE PROPHET - BUGLE
16 SAVE MY SOUL - JAH CURE (JAH BLESSINGS RIDDIM)
17 JAH IN IT - CHRIS MARTIN (JAH BLESSINGS RIDDIM)
18 BRUK OUT A BRUKNESS - EXCO LEVI (JAH BLESSINGS RIDDIM)
19 WAR - CECILE (JAH BLESSINGS RIDDIM)
20 GO HARD - LOYAL FLAMES (JAH BLESSINGS RIDDIM)
21 LOCK DI ENDZ - BUSY SIGNAL & CHRIS MARTIN (RISE COMP.)
22 WHEN BLESSING A RAIN - R.C. RIGHTEOUS CHILD (ROUGH SURVIVOR EP)
23 RUB A DUB SOLDIER - MARTEI KORLEY (KINGSTON KONFIDENTIAL EP)
24 LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE - RAS MC BEAN (INLIGHTMENT LP)
25 JAH BE WITH YOU - BUGLE (ANOINTED LP)
26 EDUCATED DUNCE - BUGLE (7VEN RIDDIM)
27 HIDE AWAY - DRE ISLAND (7VEN RIDDIM)
28 CHANGE YOUR LIFE - CHRIS MARTIN (7VEN RIDDIM)
29 TEARS OF JOY - BUGLE (ANOINTED LP)
30 RASTA WON'T FAIL - LUTAN FYAH (JUMP FOR JOY RIDDIM)
31 WHEN A DOOR IS CLOSE - PRESSURE (JUMP FOR JOY RIDDIM)
32 JUMP FOR JOY - JAHMAN FT. SIZZLA (JUMP FOR JOY RIDDIM)
33 REVELATION TIME - MILLION STYLEZ & LUTAN FYAH (WAY BACK RIDDIM)
34 DEM A FIGHT - JAH MASON (WAY BACK RIDDIM)
35 THE SYSTEM EVIL - JAH TORIUS (WAY BACK RIDDIM)
36 WARRIOR - LORENZO (WAY BACK RIDDIM)
37 STEP WITHOUT FEAR - TURBULENCE (WAY BACK RIDDIM)
38 SMOKIN' LOVE - STICK FIGURE FT. COLLIE BUDDZ
39 DON'T DISTURB - ZIGGI RECADO (THERAPEUTIC LP)
40 HIGH GRADE - KARL MORRISON FT. DAVILLE
41 FARMERMAN - RAS MUHAMAD FT. NAPTALI (SALAM LP)
42 RE-EDUCATION - RAS MUHAMAD FT. KABAKA PYRAMID (SALAM LP)
43 SO TIRED - RAS MUHAMAD (SALAM LP)
44 ROCK AND SWING - JO MERSA (COMFORTABLE EP)
45 KEEP THEM TALKING - MASICKA FT. GARNET SILK
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Ready for sex, armed for war! Back Road' prostitutes walking with weapons for safety
Chad Bryan, Star Writer
Prostitutes who use the Port Henderson main road, commonly referred to as 'Back Road' in Portmore, St Catherine, for business in the wee hours of the night, have armed themselves against would-be attackers in light of the death of a colleague in a motel.
The body of Chantal Butler, 22, from Lime Tree Grove, St Catherine, was found in a motel room on Port Henderson Road, recently. The woman is said to be a student at a top university.
The Bridgeport police said Butler checked into the motel the previous day. About 10:30 a.m. the next day, her body was found by an employee. The police said there were no visible marks of violence. The scene was processed and the body removed to the morgue.
knives
Since then prostitutes in the area have armed themselves with knives, scissors and mace among other implements.
One told THE WEEKEND STAR she walks with a number of implements for protection and have had to use them on occasions. "Everybody try to secure themselves. Girls go out but they try to protect themselves," she said.
Around the back of one establishment where the women conduct business, there is a feeling of eeriness to those unfamiliar with the happenings taking place there at nights.
devious man
Asked if these motels are safe, one of the women stated, "The one that she was found is not safe at all. If it was, she wouldn't have been killed, none at all. That man [proprietor of establishment] is a devious man. We don't deal with him at all."
This is the second woman to be found dead in a motel along Port Henderson Road.
Head of the St Catherine South police, Senior Superintendent Noel Christie, has poured cold water on claims that there is a serial killer on the loose.
"There is no information to suggest anything like that," he said.
He said the police have received no reports of complaints from these women because they fear prosecution as prostitution is illegal.
Man allegedly kills brother over phone charger
DEON P GREEN, STAR Writer
A man has been charged for murder in connection with the killing of his brother, 36-year-old Leroy Lindsay, a Seventh-day Adventist elder of Sommerset in St Thomas.
The accused, Winston Lindsay, was charged by the Morant Bay police after he reportedly went on the run on August 8, following an alleged confrontation with the now deceased over a missing phone charger.
He was subsequently captured by residents in the community the following day and handed over to the police.
Charged with the capital offence, Winston appeared In the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court where he was remanded. His case was also transferred to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for mentioning on September 1.
Allegations against the accused are that Leroy had gone with church members to clean his father's house, where his brother also resides.
Following the cleaning of the house, Winston's phone charger went missing and Leroy was accused of its disappearance.
It is reported that days later Leroy allegedly had a confrontation with Winston over the charger. During the confrontation, he was stabbed several times.
Man killed in Coaster bus fight
André Williams, STAR Writer
A fight which broke out aboard a Coaster bus on Wednesday in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, has left one man dead and another nursing injuries, while a woman is being held for her involvement in the fracas.
Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that the deceased man, Nelvin Hunter, 30, from Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew, and another man were involved in a dispute during which a woman entered the altercation and allegedly stabbed the man.
The police said the man retaliated by fatally stabbing Hunter.
Though it was not clear what started the dispute, THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that the incident took place about 3:45 p.m. along North Odeon Avenue.
run out
Passengers aboard the bus were sent scampering, some using the bus windows exit as knifes were drawn and those involved in the tussle swung wildly at each other with the sharp weapons.
A witness said: "The man weh get the worse part of the stabbing never look like him did ago mek it at all. Him jus' come out of the bus and drop down. Mi see him a hold his side and bare tings a run out."
The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), the information arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), confirmed the incident.
According to the CCU, Hunter and the injured man were taken to hospital when the police were summoned to the scene.
He died while the other man remains in stable condition at a hospital.
The identity of the woman in the matter is being withheld.
Industry players remember Roger
Christopher Serju, Star Writer
Roger Clarke - file
The sudden passing of Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, who reportedly suffered a heart attack yesterday while preparing to return home, after successful surgery at a Florida hospital to alleviate back pains caused by a pinched nerve, has left Jamaicans in shock.
Permanent secretary in the agriculture ministry, Donovan Stanberry, who was driving to Westmoreland to attend the official opening of a sorrel processing facility, told The Weekend Star that staff members were hard hit, especially since they had been anticipating that the minister would have stopped in at the Hope Gardens office.
disarray
"The feedback that I've had from the ministry is the whole place is in disarray because everybody has just been overcome and overwhelmed with grief," he shared.
Angella Bardowell, past president of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association, was stunned. She said: "Is the first public official or person in a long while that I heard that had died and really felt sad because he had that impact on us as pig farmers, as members of the association and we really going to miss him."
Meanwhile, Grethel Sessing remembers the minister as a champion for banana farmers, pointing to his unrelenting advocacy to improve conditions for the industry.
"He did everything he could for the banana industry," Sessing, president of the All-Island Banana Growers Association (AIBGA), admitted.
"It's a loss also for the delegation," Paola Amadei, head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica told The WEEKEND Star yesterday.
Gay men altercation blamed for East Street fire
Chad Bryan, Star Writer
A man runs as firemen prepare to fight this house fire at the corner of East and Beeston streets in Kingston yesterday. - Ian Allen
Homosexual men, believed to be involved in a heated altercation, are said to be responsible for the massive fire which yesterday gutted a board structure along East Street in Kingston.
More than 20 persons squatting in the building were left homeless. Some residents managed to save a few household items.
Whether the building was insured or the estimated cost of the damage is not known.
One of the more than 20 residents of the dwelling, Charmaine Burch, said she woke up to what sounded like stones being flung against zinc.
heated fight
She said the men responsible for the fire were homosexuals who were involved in a heated fight at the rear of the premises, which then resulted in the building being set ablaze.
"Same one dem from New Kingston. Mi come out and turn to, and seh to him a waah gwaan inna de yard. Him say he didn't know. Mi come out and look and see mi room up in a smoke," said Burch, who lost everything including money and school items for her four children.
The chaos that emerged saw residents scrambling to remove what little they could, others armed with stones were seen chasing some men further along East Street.
Police at the scene said one of the men responsible was detained at the Central Police Station.
Two killed in motor vehicle collisions
Two people are dead following two motor vehicle collisions between Monday and yesterday in the western end of the island.
In the latest incident, Orett Hylton of Burnt Savannah, Lacovia in St Elizabeth, died on the Woolery main road in the parish yesterday.
The Santa Cruz police said about 9:45 a.m., Hylton was driving a Toyota Corolla motor car along the main road with a male passenger, when he collided with a Toyota Mark X motor car travelling in the opposite direction.
All three men received multiple injuries and were taken to hospital where Hylton died while undergoing treatment. The other two were hospitalised.
Meanwhile, Jermaine Gooden of Springfield, St James, died yesterday following a collision along the Rose Hall main road on Monday.
The Coral Gardens police said about 2 p.m., Gooden was driving a Suzuki Baleno motor car along the road when the driver of a Toyota Hiace motor truck allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with the Baleno.
Both men were taken to hospital where the Hiace driver was reportedly treated and released. Gooden died yesterday, while undergoing treatment.
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HANGING PANTIES CAUSE FIGHT - Co-accused had problem with more than one underwear on clothes line
Two men and a woman who got into a fight after five panties were hung on a line over one of the accused men's door were brought before the courts yesterday in a cross-case.
Horace Green and Ann-Marie Barnett are charged with unlawful wounding, while Audley Ramsey is charged with assault occasioning bodily harm. Green and Ramsey will stand trial on September 24, while Barnett was fined $5,000 or serve six months.
chopped down
The Crown alleges that Green, who is Barnett's common-law husband, had a dispute with Ramsey over panties the female accused hangs on a clothes line in front of Ramsey's door. On the day of the incident, Ramsey, upset with the situation, chopped down the clothes line resulting in the panties and other clothing falling to the ground.
In a statement to the police, Green claimed Ramsey said to him, "mi tell har say she must not hang no panty on the line". Green further claimed that he was told, "a long time mi tell har not to hang no panty on the line."
another wound
Green then allegedly used a machete to chop Ramsey's bicycle tyre. A fight ensued between the two. During the altercation, the machete which Green had, injured Ramsey causing a wound. Barnett then used a baton to hit Ramsey resulting in another wound. Green was then punched in his back causing an abrasion.
In court, Barnett said the clothes line was hung over the house and not at Ramsey's doorway. She then told the court that at one point Ramsey told her that only one panty should be hung on the line and not five.
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey fined Green $2,000 for the bicycle damage and for the wound Barnett caused, a fine of $5,000 or a prison term of six months.
Man charged with the brutal killing of 2-y-o boy
The St Ann police on Monday laid charges against the man accused of the brutal killing of a two-year-old boy in the community of Lewis near St Ann's Bay last Thursday.
Charged with murder and wounding with intent is 42-year-old Devon Jarrett.
THE STAR gathered that he is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
Jarrett is accused of slashing the throat of Jayheim 'Jay' Cooper and injuring another man.
There have been conflicting reports that Jarrett is mentally ill which have alarmed residents.
They have said, before Thursday's fatal incident, Jarrett had never shown signs of such.
Ex-con charged with housebreaking
Rasbert Turner, Star Writer
A man who allegedly broke into a house and stole items valued over $700,000 has been charged with housebreaking and larceny.
He is Steven Murdock, 34, unemployed of Guys Hill, St Catherine.
Murdock who recently returned from prison on a charge of sacrilege was formally charged on Tuesday.
Reports are that on August 13, the complainant locked up his house and went to bed.
Murdock allegedly broke into the house and stole a welding plant, compressor, chainsaw and other household appliances valued at $750,000.
A report was made to the Guys Hill police, and an investigation launched.
He reportedly ran away from the community and was held in the St Mary police area.
Murdock was subsequently taken into custody by the police and is to appear in the Linstead Resident Magistrate's Court today.
Accused drug trafficker nabbed at airport
A man accused of being in possession of two pounds of cocaine while trying to board a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight to Canada was hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Charged with taking steps to export, dealing in and possession of cocaine is 27-year-old Derrick Shand.
The Crown alleges that on July 16, shortly after 8 p.m., the accused man checked in to board a CAL flight to Canada when irregularities were seen in a pair of sneakers believed to be belonging to the accused.
Upon inspection of the sneakers, transparent parcels were removed from his shoes containing the cocaine.
The defence attorney for the accused argued that the narcotics was not found in the shoes he was wearing, but rather in shoes in a container. He also denied that the pair of shoes belonged to his client.
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey ordered that Shand returns to court on September 10.
Phone thief escapes jail time
A BlackBerry phone thief narrowly escaped imprisonment after the phone he stole was returned to the complainant.
Charged with larceny from the person is Christopher Andrew Bryant.
The court heard that on the day of the incident, the complainant was on Hope Road in St Andrew when the accused grabbed the complainant's BlackBerry 9630 cell phone. Bryant attempted to ride off, however, the complainant held on to a bag he had, causing him to fall off his bicycle.
He was chased and held by security and the police.
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked Bryant how many times he had got into trouble before and he responded four. She then asked him how many times he had gone to prison to which he said three.
She then told him, "what you have working for you is that she got back her phone. If you come back up here (Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court), I'm going to send you downtown (Home Circuit Court) as a habitual offender.
He was fined $15,000 or to spend six months in prison.
Man on murder charge remanded
Rasbert Turner, STAR Writer
A man charged with the murder of a bus conductor was remanded when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Michael Wright is charged with the murder of Marlon Scarling of Spanish Town, St Catherine.
When Wright appeared before Resident Magistrate Ann-Marie Nembhard, the court was told that another suspect is still being sought.
It was revealed by the clerk of court that if Wright is granted bail he would interfere with the investigation.
The question of the accused safety was also mentioned to RM Nembhard.
As a result, bail was not granted by the RM, who said that the clerk's view was valid.
Allegations are that on June 27, about 9:30 p.m., Scarling was attacked by Wright and another man at Bayside, Portmore, St Catherine.
He was stabbed by the men and later died at hospital from injuries received.
An investigation resulted in Wright being pointed out in an identification parade, which resulted in him being charged with murder.
He is to reappear on October 28 when the matter will again be mentioned.
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Kometset and Vanderamah - RIDDIM BOX vol.1
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Cops probe if ... Madman sets man on fire
André Williams, STAR Writer
A Kingston community is now in mourning after an elderly resident succumbed to his injuries after he was attacked by a man believed to be of unsound mind.
Information reaching THE STAR is that the incident occurred late last Wednesday in Kingston 11, when a mentally ill man went on a rampage with the use of some gasolene, newspapers and a lighter.
According to eyewitness reports, the items were used to set the senior ablaze. Our news team understands that the now deceased man, 57-year-old Anthony Connel, was set upon about 9:30 p.m., shortly after his attacker had allegedly set fire to two motor vehicles which were parked in a different section of the community.
An eyewitness told THE STAR, "The man stand up ina di yard and di madman jus push the gate and come in and throw something (gas) on the man. By the time we look, him light the newspaper and throw it on the man, and him start blaze immediately from head to toe."
Connel was rushed to the hospital where he had been undergoing treatment until he lost his battle with life.
Reports are that after the accused committed the act, he ran from the vicinity and some community members gave chase, hurling stones and other missiles at him.
Finally caught
THE STAR gathered that he was eventually cornered and captured by the residents after a frantic search, which saw scores of people running from one section of the community to the other.
"Dem hold him and tie him up and call the police fi come for him. The police dem have him in custody from Wednesday night", said a resident.
A relative of the deceased spoke of the mood in the community following news of Connel's death.
He said, "Yesterday people nuh stop come to the yard and a say dem can't believe say him dead, dem vex how dem hand over the man to the police. Dah man deh jus go to the bar and have a drink and go home, him never did fi dead so."
Some residents also called for greater things to be done where mentally ill persons are concerned.
The Hunts Bay police are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, there was another deadly attack last Thursday on an infant in the parish of St Ann, by a person believed to be of unsound mind.
Reports are that tragedy struck in Roadside district, St Ann, when an alleged mentally ill man severed the head of a two-year-old boy and slit the throat of a man.
The alleged attacker is said to be a relative of the two-year-old, who is affectionately called 'Jay'.
The St Ann's Bay police are still probing the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Suspected drive-by shooters in custody
Three persons have been detained for questioning following a drive-by shooting on Sunday in Arnett Gardens which claimed the lives of two men, including the nephew of a popular community figure.
THE STAR understands that a tense calm now exists in the community, more popularly known as 'Jungle', as resident are on edge. It is reported that some are fearing the repercussions the double murder may bring.
The dead men have been identified as 39-year-old Christopher Tracy, otherwise called 'Kiddy Fur', and 37-year-old Willie Picton, otherwise called 'Pops'.
They were attacked along Septimus Street Sunday afternoon.
THE STAR gathered that Tracy died while been transported to the hospital, and Picton died while undergoing surgery. Head of the Kingston Western Police Division, Senior Superintendent Steve McGregor, confirmed that persons were detained for questioning and that investigations are ongoing.
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Four-year-old drowns at hotel
A four-year-boy is suspected to have drowned in a pool at a hotel in St James on Sunday.
Dead is Amelio Campbell of First Hill, Lucea in Hanover. Reports from the Coral Gardens police are that about 1p.m., Amelio was in the pool on a floating device when he allegedly fell into the water. He got into difficulties and was later pulled from the water. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigations continue.
Woman attacked while using bathroom
DEON P GREEN, STAR Writer
Two men are now in custody at the Morant Bay Police Station in St Thomas following a brutal attack on a woman that left her in critical condition in the hospital.
Reports are that the police are now probing allegations that the suspects in the attack were hitmen.
It is further alleged that the suspects carried out the attack last Saturday, while the woman was having a bath.
The Star understands that the woman who is from Lyssons in St.Thomas was in her bathroom when two men entered her home and attacked her with knives. She sustained multiple injuries and was rushed to hospital where she was admitted.
Jamaican in the US charged for big crimes
Bjorn Burke, Staff Reporter
A Jamaican national living in Louisiana in the United States, who has been implicated in an alleged home invasion recently, is now behind bars, THE STAR has learnt.
Charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, home invasion and being a felon in possession of a firearm is 21-year-old Jamar Major. He is currently being held without bond at the St Landry Parish Jail in the state.
According to www.dailyworld.com,
Major spent time in hospital in critical condition before police detectives could question him in relation to the matter.
THE STAR gathered that on April 18, Major reportedly suffered two gunshot wounds when he allegedly broke into a trailer belonging to a man he knew.
It is believed that a stand-off between the victim of the break-in and Major resulted in both parties being shot and injured. The victim of the invasion reportedly escaped with non-life threatening injuries.
Subsequently, a warrant was issued for Major, and he was reportedly taken into custody on August 22.
Cops make big drug bust - Coke worth millions seized
Leighton Levy, Star Writer
Police on Sunday seized about 121 kilograms of cocaine at the Kingston Wharves. The drug is valued at more than J$100 million, the police said.
The drug, which has an estimated street value of US$1.3 million or more than J$145 million, was discovered inside a shipping container during a routine search operation, the police revealed. The container, police said, originated in Suriname and was destined for China. The narcotics, the lawmen said, was stuffed into black bags and was among a shipment of lumber.
No arrests have been made in the seizure that police described as a major bust.
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