Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging citizens to report scammers and crime syndicates to the police when they are identified in communities.

He says security strategies targeting gangsters have disrupted their operations, leading them to seek relocation through short-term rentals.

Mr. Holness urged residents to notify the police if they notice strange persons moving into their communities.

He was delivering the keynote address at the St. Andrew South District consultative committee conference, held at the Pembroke Hall High school, in St. Andrew, recently.