The highest brass of the Jamaica Constabulary Power (JCF) couldn’t say definitively Tuesday which murders have been dedicated by a gun seized by the Cayman Islands police that’s stated to be linked to 5 homicides in Jamaica.
In a bombshell CMC report on the weekend, Cayman Islands’ Police Commissioner, Derek Byrne stated members of the police pressure there not too long ago seized a firearm that was reportedly utilized in at the least 5 murders in Jamaica.
Talking with reporters, Byrne, who shall be leaving the submit in lower than per week, stated one of many many enhancements he has presided over over the past seven years was the event of ballistics, and based mostly on this, the territory is now a regional hub for firearms forensics.
Since he took over the reins of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Byrne has presided over essentially the most vital budgets in its historical past, including that the enhancements of the service led to vital successes, equivalent to connecting the gun police seized with the 5 killings in Jamaica courting again to 2019.
He stated the weapon, which one way or the other made its approach to the Cayman Islands, is now a part of a serious investigation.
Indicating that the connection with Jamaica stays essential, the police commissioner stated lots of the weapons discovered within the Cayman Islands have Jamaican origins. He additionally highlighted Jamaica as a supply for many marijuana and different drug shipments.
On Tuesday, throughout the JCF’s Quarterly Media Briefing, Jamaica’s Commissioner of Police, Main Normal Antony Anderson was requested whether or not the JCF was conscious of the gun, the homicides linked to it and who could also be accountable.
In a round-about reply, Anderson stated: “We now have a complete monitoring of firearms at our ballistics lab and we collaborate throughout the Caribbean (and wider) on figuring out weapons which are used on varied scenes. We do it regionally, and we have now tied some firearms to whilst a lot as 20-plus murders or scenes of shootings. So (with) this one, it’s early days but however we’re collaborating with Cayman on this and we’ll see the place it leads us”.