VP Records says it did not send a letter of support to United States authorities for dancehall producer Taugea “Countree Hype” Dayes, who has pleaded guilty to charges linked to the smuggling of 30 firearms to Jamaica.

The record company was responding to a Jamaica Observer report that the label and a corporal in the Jamaica Constabulary Force have thrown their support behind Dayes in sentencing support letters to federal court judge Roy Altman.

The letter referenced in the Observer report was one of nine appearing on court documents and appeared over the name Stephen Chin, VP Records.