Five men arrested on gun and drug charges

Five men, said to be involved in Sunday's massive drug bust at Fitts Village, St James are to appear in the Holetown Magistrate’s Court.

After a gun fight on the beach, police seized over a ton of marijuana, a firearm, three vehicles and a boat.

The men are Marlon Anthony Smith, 33 years of Storey Gap Codrington Hill, St. Michael; Colvin Ishmael Brathwaite, 41 years of Gibbons Boggs, Christ Church; Neverline Rohan Oneal Springer, 31 years of Long Gap, Spooners Hill; Dwayne Omar Reeves, 30 years of Stevenson Road, Delamere Land and Wayne Michael Charles, 43 years of Ellis Road, Halls Road also in St. Michael.

The five were jointly charged with the unlawful possession of a controlled drug, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation.

Marlon Smith faces additional charges of illegal possession of firearm and importation of a firearm without a license.