JDF soldier charged after ammunition found in knapsack
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August 12, 2026
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A 30-year-old member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been charged with unauthorised possession of ammunition after three rounds of 5.6 calibre ammunition were allegedly found in his knapsack.
He is Javaughn Howard, otherwise known as ‘Jay’, a member of the JDF’s Engineer Regiment and a resident of Portmore, St Catherine.
Reports are that about 7:30 pm on August 10, detectives assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division, armed with a search warrant, conducted an intelligence-driven operation along Hamilton Drive in Gregory Park, St Catherine.
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