Over 150 of Jamaica's most dangerous criminals are on the run, defying police efforts to bring them to justice for a variety of crimes, including double murder, murder, conspiracy to murder, shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm, rape, kidnapping and carnal abuse, police sources said...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), the information arm of the police force, said some of the criminals had been wanted for over five years, while others were convicted but escaped from police lock-ups and prisons.
Lucius Thomas, deputy commissioner of police in charge of the crime portfolio, while unable to confirm the exact number of wanted men on the loose, said the police were pulling out all stops to apprehend wanted men, but they were hampered because citizens were unwilling to provide information. He also said that the police were being restricted by a sophisticated criminal network.
"We pursue every criminal that is wanted out there, but the citizens are not co-operating," Thomas told The Sunday Observer yesterday. "They advance arguments about police corruption and fear and this is very frustrating every time you hear it. The criminals also have a network. They meet in jail and form alliances."
Last Tuesday, police arrested Marvin Tucker - a man they say was the most wanted criminal in the parish of Clarendon.
Tucker, the reputed leader of the Marvin Tucker gang, was wanted by police in St Mary, St Elizabeth and the Corporate Area for alleged murder, car theft, shooting and organised crime. Tucker, who the police describe as "vicious", was held when cops from the Denham Town station on a routine patrol, approached a group of men in the community of Wilton Gardens, also known as "Rema". The men reportedly ran in different directions.
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