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certificate of some 61 pages and agreed that, in the certificate, there was no
evidence that any spent shells were submitted to the Forensics Laboratory.
Firearms handed over by JDF to JCF
5.66.
DSP Phipps said that he went to Up Park Camp on various dates
after the internal security operation and the JDF handed over items “which they
reported were recovered in the Tivoli Gardens area of the operation between
25 May and 7 June 2010.” These items were 26 firearms and assorted
ammunition. Lt. Col. Jaimie Ogilvie, the Commanding Officer of 1JR, gave the
statistics of weapons and ammunition recovered in his witness statement. At
para.55, he stated:
“Between 24 May and 6 June 2010, a total of 54 weapons
and 3,625 rounds of ammunition were recovered during
operations in Western Kingston. It is interesting to note that
most of the weapons finds occurred in open lots or
unoccupied buildings.”
At para.60, he stated that –
“over the period Wednesday, 26 May and 22 July 2010, a
total of 75 weapons (rifles, shotguns, sub-machine guns and
handguns) 96 magazines and 19 IEDs, along with 4 175
assorted rounds of ammunition were found in the Battalion’s
area of operation.”
The Operational Updates – JCF
5.67.
The Commissioner of Police sent daily “Operational Updates” on
“Tivoli Gardens and Surrounding Communities” to Prime Minister Golding and the
Minister of National Security, Mr. Nelson. These updates are instructive but we
include only a few to indicate the record keeping of the JCF in respect of guns
and ammunition found during the State of Emergency. Table 1 below shows the
information in the possession of the JCF on selected dates commencing on
28 May and ending on 23 June, the day after Coke’s capture. Table 2