Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer
Members of the security forces could be seen on the top of buildings overlooking Tawes Pen. Traffic came to a snarl as a result of the operation.
SPANISH TOWN:
A JOINT police/military operation, which started at about midnight on Wednesday in the troubled areas of Spanish Town, has so far resulted in the detention of 100 men from Taws Pen, Ellerslie Pen, March Pen Roads and its environs.
According to Inspector Roblyn Wedder-burn of the Mobile Reserve, the aim of the operation is to neutralise and return normality to these troubled areas so as to enable law abiding people to go about their business. He said the operation will continue for 96 hours and will go beyond the current areas.
PROCESSED IN OPEN LOT
According to CCN liaison officer Steve Brown, over 500 police personnel drawn from across the island and about 70 Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) personnel participated in the operation. The men who were taken into custody were not taken to the Spanish Town police station but were processed in an open lot in the Ellerslie Pen area in a barbed wire facility manned by the military and police personnel.
