The Negril Police have charged a man and woman following a series of operations in Red Ground, Negril on Tuesday, March 2, in which an illegal handgun and a quantity of ganja were seized.

Thirty-eight-year-old Richard Mosely, otherwise called ‘Tu-Pac’ of Red Ground in Negril, Westmoreland has been charged for Illegal Possession of Firearm and Ammunition. Meanwhile, 45-year-old Desrine Campbell, also of Negril, Westmoreland, has been charged for Possession of Ganja and Dealing in Ganja.

Reports from the Negril Police are that about 3:00 p.m., lawmen conducted an operation at premises in the area. The Police team reportedly entered and saw a man acting in a manner that aroused their suspicion. A motor vehicle that was in the yard was searched and the firearm—a Taurus handgun with twelve rounds of ammunition—was found in the glove compartment of the vehicle.

A secondary operation was carried out at another premises occupied by Campbell, where four pounds of ganja were seized. She was arrested and subsequently charged.