An attempted robbery in Negril, Westmoreland this morning which resulted in 4 alleged gunmen being fatally shot and another nursing gunshot wounds in hospital was the latest in a series of attacks on cash courier company Beryllium.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Crime Portfolio, Fitz Bailey, made the revelation this afternoon.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has noted that today's operation in Negril Westmoreland, in which cops confronted alleged robbers, is the result of improved intelligence work by the police.
The incident resulted in 5 men being shot, 4 of them fatally.
Omar Collymore and 2 of his co-convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment, in relation to the murder of his wife and a taxi operator.
The double life sentences for each convict were handed down in the Home Circuit Court today.
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is now required to list all communities still without power following Hurricane Beryl's passage and state when restoration for each can be expected.
Following a suggestion made by Energy Minister Daryl Vaz during a meeting with JPS directors, managers, and shareholders today.
Two people died as a result of injuries they sustained in a motor vehicle collision along the Duncans Bypass in Trelawny this morning.
The identities of the deceased have not yet been released.