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• 2 AK 47 rifles;
• 2 9mm Sig Sauer and Browning guns;
• 2 Shotguns;
• 1 Glock revolver;
• 2 Submachine guns;
• 2 pistols
15
Molotov cocktails,
14 Grenades,
Who Supplied Illegal Weapons?
5.71.
Not much evidence was put before the Commission about suppliers
of weapons and munitions to the criminals who participated in the events of
24 May. However, on 27 May 2015, DCP Hinds said that he was aware of one
Steve Reid, alias “Slicer”, who had recently died somewhere in Red Hills.
According to DCP Hinds -
“The JCF had a significant interest in him. He was the main
facilitator of illegal weapons making their way into Tivoli
Gardens. He worked at one of the ports at a freight-
handling establishment. In 2010 his assets were the subject
of financial investigation.”
SSP Hewitt told the Enquiry that one of the source markets for illegal guns was
Haiti. He said “there is a long history of guns coming from Haiti”.
FINDINGS
5.72.
On the basis of the totality of evidence adduced to the
Commission, we infer that the diverse nature of the weapons found is,
in itself, reliable evidence that persons in Tivoli Gardens and Denham
Town were specially armed to repel efforts by the security forces to
arrest Coke. And we are also satisfied that large sums of money were