Man drops bag with gun while running from cops in MoBay

A team of officers assigned to the St. James police division seized one 9mm pistol with a magazine containing eighteen 9mm rounds of ammunition during an operation on Market Street, Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday, November 5.

Reports from the Barnett Street police are that about 12:15 p.m., lawmen were on operation in the area, when they saw a man with a bag in his hand, acting in a manner that aroused their suspicion.

On seeing the police, he allegedly dropped the bag and ran.

The bag was retrieved and the firearm and ammunition found.

No one was arrested in connection to this seizure.

Investigations continue.

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