A businesswoman who tried to defend her family from gunmen who invaded their home, was shot dead by gunmen in Water Works, Westmoreland on Friday.
Businesswoman shot dead while trying to defend family from gunmen
The security forces on Saturday recovered another firearm in St James, bringing to nine the number of illegal guns and over 300 rounds of assorted ammunition recovered in the parish over a 24-hour period.
Four AK-47 assault rifles were among the weapons taken out of the hands of hoodlums during the clampdown .
The guns were all found in the Ramble Hill area of the parish during sustained operations by members of the security forces. The team first found four M-16 rifles and over 150 assorted rounds on a premises in the area on Friday, police said.
Nine illegal guns found in St James over 24 hours
As the security forces continue their search for guns and gunmen in the Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO), they reportedly found four firearms in Mount Salem, today, bringing to five the total weapons find.
The guns, a Sig Sauer .9mm pistol - two home-made hand guns, and an AK-47 assault rifle - were found in the past 12 hours.
Four More Illegal Guns Found In Mount Salem
The security forces yesterday had arguably their best day since the state of public emergency (SOE) was imposed in St. James earlier this year when they seized four M16 assault rifles, four ballistic vests, four magazines and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in Ramble Hill, on the outskirts of Montego Bay.
Four M16 assault rifles and the vests - three marked 'police' and the other appearing to be a military issued vest - all appeared to be in pristine conditions. They were found alongside 156 rounds of ammunition and the four magazines for M16 rifles where located in rugged terrain in a section of Ramble Hill called Rocky Hill.
Late yesterday, the police seized one Mack submachine gun, two Glocks, and a .38 handgun in another section of Ramble.
Gun Find - Eight Firearms Seized In Six Hours In St James
Four high-powered rifles have been seized in Salt Spring, St James since Thursday.
Police report that three of the weapons - one AR-15 and two M16 rifles - were recovered on Friday morning during an operation by a joint police/military team.
Four high-powered rifles found in Salt Spring
...The police say they seized six 9mm semi-automatic pistols, along with 1,500 assorted rounds of ammunition. Some of the ammo is used in M16 and AK-47 assault rifles.
Six guns, ammunition found at MoBay wharf
A total of 20 illegal firearms were intercepted at the wharf earlier today.
Law enforcement officials confirmed, too, that a large quantity of assorted ammunition was seized.
The cache of weapons include four rifles, one sub-machine gun and 15 handguns, sources told The Gleaner.
Police Intercept 20 Illegal Weapons At Kingston Port
Six firearms and over 400 rounds of ammunition were found in a barrel at a container terminal in Newport West, Kingston yesterday evening.
Detectives from the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch have since launched a major investigation following the discovery of the five handguns; one disassembled M-16 rifle and hundreds of rounds.
Police said the discovery was made about 12:10 pm during a joint operation with the Contraband Enforcement Team of Jamaica Customs, after the barrel, which was shipped from the United States of America to an address in the Kingston 11 area was searched and the firearms and ammunition found.
The weapons seized include one Glock pistol, one Smith and Wesson pistol, one Browning 9mm pistol, one Claridge Hi-Tech semi-automatic pistol, one Jimenez Arms pistol, one M16 rifle and seven assorted magazines, the police have reported.
M-16 among six firearms seized in Kingston shipment
The Police High Command is commending the St Catherine North Police for the seizure of several high-powered firearms in McCooks Pen, St Catherine on today. Nine people were taken into custody in relation to the seizure.
Reports are that following several months of intense investigations and intelligence gathering the police launched a special operation in an area called ‘Gun Farm’ in McCooks Pen, where the cache of weapons was seized.
The weapons include:
• Two AK-47 rifles with three magazines
• One M16 rifle with three magazines
• Two Glock pistols
• One Smith and Wesson revolver
• One Dessert Eagle Pistol
• One .357 Magnum Revolver
• 267 assorted rounds of ammunition
• One ballistic vest
Police make major firearm seizure in St Catherine
Over 100 guns destined for Montego Bay intercepted by US cops
An illegal Desert Eagle 9mm pistol with one live round of ammunition was found in Denham Town, Western Kingston on Thursday.
Illegal Desert Eagle gun found in Denham Town
An M16 rifle along with a magazine containing 29 rounds were found during a Joint Police/Military Operation in Rae Town, Kingston this morning.
The weapon, a Bushmaster M16 A4, was found wrapped in a sheet in a goat pen along Thompson Lane in the community.
Rifle found in goat pen
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When the shooting subsided, two illegal Taurus 9mm pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized by members of the security forces. Meanwhile, the police are in search of the person who rented the section of the apartment building where Samuels was found. Police say he could be charged for harbouring a criminal. His BMW sports utility vehicle which was at the house at the time of the incident was seized by the police.
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The firearms seized are a Glock pistol with two magazines, one Taurus pistol with one magazine, and one .38 revolver
Three firearms seized on Mandela Highway
Police say they have received information that suggests that the M16 assault rifle and a pistol that were seized by law enforcers during an operation between Trench Town and Denham Town in the Corporate Area on Monday, was to be used by criminals to carry out a drive-by shooting.
Seized M16 rifle believed to have been destined for a ‘hit’
The firearms seized were:
Six rifles;
One Intratec submachine gun;
Six Glock pistols;
Two Taurus 9mm pistols;
One Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol;
One Ruger pistol;
One Heckler & Koch pistol; and
One Cobray pistol.
Suspect held after massive gun find at KFTL
There is no universally accepted definition of a 'small arm' or of a 'light weapon'. The Small Arms Survey largely adopts the proposal put forward by the 1997 UN Panel of Governmental Experts (available on www.un.org) which considers portability a defining characteristic. The Panel’s list includes both civilian and military weapons that fire a projectile with the condition that the unit or system may be carried by an individual, a small number of people, or transported by a pack animal or a light vehicle. The Panel’s list is organized into 'small arms' and 'light weapons':
- small arms: revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, sub-machine guns and light machine guns.
To this list, the Survey has added single-rail-launched rockets and 120 mm mortars as long as they can be transported and operated as intended by a light vehicle.
- light weapons: heavy machine guns, hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft guns, portable anti-tank guns, recoilless rifles, portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems; portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS); and mortars of calibres of less than 100 mm.
The Survey may use the term 'small arms' to refer to small arms and light weapons, as well as their ammunition and parts and accessories. The term 'light weapons', however, always refers just to those items. The term ‘firearms’ comprises small arms and heavy machine guns.
Definitions of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Small arms include revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, sub-machine guns, and light machine guns.
Pistols and revolvers are the most widely dispersed and numerous of small arms. Law enforcement and military personnel now favor semi-automatic pistols instead of revolvers. The world’s most popular military-style handgun, in terms of sheer numbers, is the Makarov 9mm pistol, produced by the Izhmash plant in the Russian Federation for at least 50 years. However, the 9mm Browning Series pistol, produced by FN Herstal (Belgium), is the most widely distributed handgun. Glock (Austria), Beretta (Italy and US), Sturm, Ruger & Co (US), and Smith & Wesson (US) are some of the world’s largest suppliers of handguns.
Bolt-action rifles are progressively being replaced by semi-automatic versions in law enforcement and specialist military units. ‘Carbines’ are short-barreled variants of standard rifles. 12GA shotguns, such as the ones manufactured by Mossberg (US), are very popular in the military, law enforcement and commercial markets.
Automatic assault rifles are predominantly used as infantry weapons. The market is dominated by three weapons—the Kalashnikov AK series (The Russian Federation), the M-16 series (US), and the FN-FAL (Belgium). Market rivals include the following rifles: G3 (Germany), SIG 540 Series (Switzerland), AUG (Austria) and the Galil (Israel).
Sub-machine guns (SMGs) are small, light automatic weapons that fire pistol-calibre ammunition to short ranges. The 9mm Sterling SMG, although no longer in production in the UK, has been produced under license in India and Canada and is in service in more than 90 countries. The 9mm MP5 SMG is produced by Heckler & Koch (Germany) and is in service in over 50 countries. The standard 9mm Uzi, produced by IMI (Israel), is in service in at least 50 countries, with estimates of total global licensed and unlicensed production ranging as high as 10 million since the model was introduced in 1953.
Light and general-purpose machine guns are crew-served infantry weapons used to provide supporting fire. The following machine guns are produced mostly under license, and widely distributed:
- The 7.62mm RPK light machine gun, manufactured by various state factories in the Russian Federation, and produced under license in Bulgaria, Iraq, and Romania.
- The 7.62mm FN MAG, manufactured by FN Herstal (Belgium).
- The 7.62mm MG1/2/3 series, manufactured by Rheinmetall (Germany),
- The 7.62mm HK21 machine gun, originally produced by Heckler & Koch (Germany).
- The .50 Caliber Browning M2 heavy machine gun, manufactured by General Dynamics (US).
Small Arms
More than 1,000 companies from some 100 countries produce small arms and light weapons and their ammunition. Only about a dozen countries produce advanced guided light weapons.
Producers
Most of the top manufacturing countries are also the top exporting countries. Some countries, however, such as India, Pakistan, and North Korea, also have substantial small arms industrial production capacities to accommodate sizeable domestic markets.
Main producing countries include all the top exporters (USD 100 million or more in a single calendar year) as well as several countries with significant industrial capacities that meet the needs of the domestic market. The Survey has yet to estimate domestic production (focusing instead on transfers). But top producers would include the following 15 countries (in alphabetical order):
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Germany
- India
- Italy
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Russian Federation
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Industrial Production
Craft production of small arms refers principally to weapons and ammunition that are fabricated largely by hand in relatively small quantities. Government authorities may tightly regulate and oversee these artisans’ activities and outputs (expensive replica antique firearms legally produced in the United States are a good example). Often, however, this material is produced outside of, or under limited, state controls. These weapons are often used in crimes and against government targets.
Craft Production
An analysis of customs data suggests that for the period 2001 to 2016 seven countries—Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States—routinely imported small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 100 million or more per year.
Customs data also suggests that 14 additional countries imported at least USD 100 million or more in at least one year between 2001 and 2016: Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.
In 2016, 11 countries—Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America—imported small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 100 million.
In the same year, the following 53 countries imported small arms and light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 10 million.
Importers
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States of America routinely report annual exports of small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 100 million or more.
Between 2001 and 2016, the Survey has documented twelve other governments that have exported USD 100 million or more in small arms at least once: Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Exporters
The Weapons I.D Database
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