MONTEGO BAY, St James — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has reported that the state of public emergency that was imposed on the western parish of St James last Thursday is achieving the desired results.
“After the first 48 hours of the announcement of the state of emergency we have already seen encouraging results,” JDF Colonel Daniel Pryce told a press briefing at the JDF's Burke Barracks in Montego Bay yesterday.

“On Thursday we seized one Kalashnikov rifle and six live rounds in Flanker, Montego Bay. We suspect that the high- powered weapon was used in one of the recent brazen murders that would have taken place in Montego Bay over the past few weeks. That weapon is to undergo ballistic and forensic testing to determine its history.”
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For a number of years the parish of St James has seen rising levels of criminality as murders, shootings, extortion, illegal drugs, illegal guns, lotto scamming, and general lawlessness have climbed to record levels.

In 2017, for instance, some 335 murders were recorded in the parish, and seven since the start of this year.
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