One of two Jamaicans held on gun charges has been deported
PRESS STATEMENT
One of two Jamaicans held this week on gun charges has been deported, while the other, who pleaded guilty to gun and ammunition offenses, is on remand awaiting sentencing tomorrow in the All Saints Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Ngaio Emmanuel will on Friday hand down her sentence on Riccardo McKenzie, 28, a Jamaican residing at Sutherlands, after he pleaded guilty to possessing of a 9mm automatic pistol and seven rounds of ammunition in court on Wednesday.
The charges arose from an August 19 incident where police, acting on certain information, intercepted a vehicle in Green Castle, Bendals, and found the firearm and ammunition.
McKenzie and 34-year-old O’Neil Swaby were initially charged together, but Swaby pleaded not guilty, leading to the dismissal of charges against him.
However, following the dismissal of the case against him, Swaby was immediately taken into custody by Immigration Officials for violating the country’s immigration laws. He was subsequently ordered to be deported. He has since been returned to Jamaica.
The Immigration Department said it is cognizant of the concerns expressed by the Prime Minister Gaston Browne regarding non-nationals who find themselves involved in gun-related crimes and his preference to have these individuals deported when they are found to be in violation of the nation’s laws.
The Immigration Department said it is a policy that it is already implementing.
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