Police scrutiny intensifies in Sligoville

Three men were questioned and subsequently released by investigators on Wednesday as the police intensified their probe into the deadly operation in Sligoville, St Catherine, during which gunmen shot and injured two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

The men were questioned following an early-morning police operation in the Five Miles area of Sligoville, during which two were picked up at their homes. The third, who maintains his innocence, later turned up at the Spanish Town Police Station accompanied by noted Spanish Town clergyman Bishop Rowan Edwards.

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A police source told The Gleaner that investigators were searching for two men known by the aliases 'Chemist' and 'Nineball', whom they believe can assist with their investigations.