Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer

SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine

More than 500 rounds of assorted ammunition were seized by the police in St. Catherine yesterday. Two men were also shot and killed by the police, one of whom was reportedly on the police's most wanted list.

About 3:30 pm yesterday the lawmen went to Gray Drive in Cromarty and during a search of the premises they found 100, 30 gauge rounds and a magazine; 75 .357 rounds; fifty-nine 9 mm rounds and an assortment of other rounds.

The lawmen also found one AK 47 drum magazine with a loading capacity of 150 rounds. The total find was 529 rounds.

Six persons were taken into custody in connection with the find and according to investigators, their intelligence suggest that Nigel Francis who was wanted several counts of murders was the man who supplied the criminal under world with the ammunition.

"The operation was conducted by men from the Spanish Town and Special Anti-crime task Force and it was a success," remarked Detective Sergeant Paul Thomas. He told The Gleaner that the search of the area followed the fatal confrontation between the lawmen and Carlton Ellis and Nigel Francis in the nearby Bongo Lane area after they reportedly engaged the police in a shoot out earlier in the morning.

The police claimed to have recovered a .380 semi-automatic pistol along with four rounds from Francis' body.