The police have launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding a shipment of some 119 illegal firearms and more than 200 assorted rounds of ammunition that were destined for Montego Bay, Jamaica from the US.
Shipment intercepted
The police report that the shipment was intercepted by Border Protection and Outbound Enforcement agents at the Miami International Airport last month during a routine inspection.
The shipment included two blue barrels and two cardboard boxes that were labeled, personal effects and food items.
However on inspecting the contents, the security personnel found two rifles, 115 pistols, 139 magazines, 103 rounds of nine mm ammunition, 50 rounds of .357 ammunition, 50 rounds of .45 ammunition, 24 rounds of .40 ammunition, 40 rounds of .223 ammunition, nine handgun back straps, five magazine parts, three pistol grips, three buttstocks, and weapons parts.
Scheduled for Montego Bay
The weapons were scheduled to arrive in Montego Bay, the north coast resort city which recorded over 300 murders so far this year. The shipping documents listed the consignor of the barrels and boxes as having a Coral Springs, Florida address to an address in Montego Bay. The shipment was scheduled to be flown to Jamaica on a Caribbean via a Caribbean Airlines flight last month.
