100 Persons Arrested in St Andrew’s ‘Red-Light District’
Some 100 persons including prostitutes were reportedly arrested early Saturday morning during a police operation in St Andrew.
According to police, a team led by the St Andrew Central Division went to specific locations in the Kingston 5 area – known to be a regular hangout for prostitutes and drug addicts – including Ripon Road, Eureka Road and Eureka Crescent, and made the arrests.
The operation was launched as the Police heighten their drive around public order issues, with an emphasis on enforcing Section 7 of the Town and Communities Act.
Cops from the Kingston Western Division, the Caribbean Search Centre, the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), the Mobile Reserve and the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) were also on hand..
Police say the four-hour operation, began about 1:00 AM.
One man, identified as Allan Jacob, a 47-year-old driver of North Avenue, Kingston 5 was charged for possession of cocaine and ganja. He is booked to appear in the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday, March 14. Two other persons were also charged under the National Solid Waste Management Act.
Source: Loop Jamaica
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