Hell in Hellshire - Drugs-for-guns trade a mainstay on the St Catherine beach, senior police officer labels it the epicentre of illicit activity
Published: Monday | October 26, 2009
Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter
While the Hellshire Beach in St Catherine is hugely popular with patrons for its fried fish and festival, it has gained much notoriety with the police and has been tagged a major hot spot for drug and gunrunning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Clive Blair, operations officer for the St Catherine South Division, described the Hellshire Beach as the epicentre of the drugs-for-guns trade in the parish.
He said that the beach has also come up on the radar of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's narcotics branch, as well as its intelligence-driven unit known as Kingfish. Both units have carried out operations on the beach geared towards dismantling the illicit trade.
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Published: Monday | October 26, 2009
Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter
While the Hellshire Beach in St Catherine is hugely popular with patrons for its fried fish and festival, it has gained much notoriety with the police and has been tagged a major hot spot for drug and gunrunning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Clive Blair, operations officer for the St Catherine South Division, described the Hellshire Beach as the epicentre of the drugs-for-guns trade in the parish.
He said that the beach has also come up on the radar of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's narcotics branch, as well as its intelligence-driven unit known as Kingfish. Both units have carried out operations on the beach geared towards dismantling the illicit trade.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/glean...ead/lead1.html
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