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I saw houses that seemed to have been searched before
and were in a state of disarray. No residents complained
that the security forces had been and searched the place
before. If my men had reasonable suspicion that a weapon
or ammunition was concealed, they would search. A record
was made of where each weapon or ammunition was found.
A document exists. It was handed over to the JCF…I did see
some damage. The actions of my men should not lead to
the destruction of appliances…Repairs would have taken
place in the week after 1 June. The main part of my
Regiment left on 29 May.”
Recoveries near Coke’s Office
5.64.
On 24 May members of Maj. Kennedy’s team saw a Toyota motor
car near to Coke’s office, and found in the trunk a large assortment of
ammunition. This ammunition was subsequently handed over to the JCF. On
27 May 2010, DSP Michael Phipps went to Tivoli Gardens and spoke to
DSP Turner. The latter showed DSP Phipps the Toyota motor car, 0596DX.
DSP Phipps said-
“I summoned the assistance of the Scenes of Crime Unit
which processed the car.”
Fourteen one-gallon plastic bottles were found to contain a total of 5,274
assorted rounds of ammunition; nine Ziplock plastic bags contained 1,053
assorted rounds and there were 5 other containers with small quantities of
ammunition.
5.65
DSP Phipps gave a total tally of 141 weapons recovered and
pointed out that “about 30 were not found within the area of operation.
Intelligence led to searches and recoveries in secondary operations but the
30 were thought to be linked to the operation on 24 May.” According to
DSP Phipps, 111 weapons were found in the area of operation, i.e. Tivoli
Gardens and Denham Town. He admitted that there was a discrepancy in the
numbers as between himself and CoP Ellington. DSP Phipps produced a ballistics