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Firearm and ammunition seized in St Catherine

One Taurus 9mm pistol with a magazine fitted with fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition was seized by the police during a vehicular check point on the South Borough main road in St Catherine today. Reports from the Greater Portmore Police are that...

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