ReggaeMe - Jamaica (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica have arrested two
men and a woman they say helped smuggle 12 high-powered weapons
and 700 rounds of ammunition from New York.
Police Inspector Jubert Llewellyn says the items arrived inside an air
compressor tank. He says a telescopic lens and 28 magazines were also
among the items seized at a warehouse Monday.
The guns - A .44 Magnum pistol, two AK 47 assault rifles, two 9mm
Desert Eagle pistols, a Mack 11 submachine gun, a Glock 27 pistol, 9mm
Smith and Wesson pistol, a 9mm Taurus pistol, a Luger P95 9mm pistol, a
Sites Spec TRE HC pistol and a Keltek submachine gun -- along with 519
9mm, 50 .40, 51 .45, 51 .44, 32 .50, 6 .357, one .223 and 10 .380 rounds
of ammunition and a telescopic sight were found after customs officials
noticed irregularities in a container at the Adolf Levy Warehouse at Port
Bustamante.
Jamaica had a record 1,680 killings last year, most of which police say were
committed by gangs who use illegal guns. Police say said about 80 percent
of weapons smuggled into Jamaica come from the U.S.