Guns seized on Metcalf Street, two men arrested

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Guns seized on Metcalf Street, two men arrested

Cops assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division seized two illegal guns and rounds of ammunition during a joint police-military operation on Metcalf Street, Kingston 11 on Tuesday. Two men have been taken into custody. The police report that...

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