KINGSTON, (JIS):

Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker, said the investment made by Government in the security and detection systems at the ports of entry is yielding results.

Speaking in the wake of the seizure of 15 guns, including five high-powered weapons and hundreds of rounds of assorted ammunition on Tuesday, Walker said that the procedures, when applied, "will work".

The seizure took place on Industrial Terrace, in Kingston, when police personnel from Operation Kingfish, working with the Mobile Reserve and a Customs Contraband Enforcement team, intercepted a van that had just left a freight shipping company.

Driver held

The weapons and ammunition were found in three television sets being transported in the van. The driver was taken into custody.

"The scanners worked in picking up the guns," Walker pointed out, in an interview.

Spokesman for Operation Kingfish, Detective Sergeant Jubert Llewelyn, said that investigations were being carried out to determine the origin of the weapons and where they were being taken.

"We will ensure that that all involved in this illegal activity are dealt with by the law," he said.

Reward

There is a reward out for a white and black male Shih Tzu, which answers to the name Snoopy. The dog is from Millsbrough Avenue in Barbican, St Andrew.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of this dog, please call 927-9306 or 816-3961