"The investigation is well-advanced," head of Internal Affairs, Deputy Superintendent Lloyd Haley, told The Gleaner yesterday.
He said that on January 3, a firearm which belonged to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) went missing from the storeroom at the Caribbean Search Centre, which is occupied by police and soldiers.
"The gun was returned five days later," said DSP Haley.
Security personnel attached to the Caribbean Search Centre are customarily used to conduct searches during curfews and snap raids imposed across various communities.
FLYING SQUAD DETECTIVES
In another case, the Internal Affairs Department is expected to submit a file to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry, for him to rule on a matter involving a group of detectives from the Flying Squad, who went on an operation in downtown Kingston late last year and recovered seven illegal guns, of which only five were handed over.
The operation was carried out on the premises of the St. Michael's Primary School on Tower Street. Scores of assorted rounds of ammunition and seven handguns were seized.
Preliminary investigations, prompted Police Commissioner Francis Forbes, led to, at least, three of the detectives being sent on leave, pending further investigations into the matter.
