The Jamaica Constabulary Force has charged two residents of Top Hill district in Clarendon with the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Charged are 29-year-old Judian Whyte, a sales clerk, and 30-year-old Wayne Spencer, a construction worker.

According to reports, a team of police personnel, who were conducting search operations on Saturday (December 24), searched the home shared by the two and found a Taurus pistol with a magazine and 40 cartridges.

The two were subsequently arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Their court date has not yet been announced by the police.