Two soldiers detained over missing firearm at Up Park Camp
Nathan Roper / Our Today
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Two members of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) have been questioned concerning the disappearance of a firearm from Up Park Camp in St Andrew.
The JDF headquarters was placed under lockdown on Sunday following the disappearance of the firearm, and a massive search was conducted to no avail.
According to JDF officials, a pistol was found to be missing during a routine inspection of the Up Park Camp’s weapon inventory on Sunday, August 3.
Vice-Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, who heads the JDF, said all measures are being taken to regain custody of the missing firearm.
“Any loss of a military weapon is deeply concerning and completely unacceptable,” she commented. “The Jamaica Defence Force holds itself to the highest standards of accountability and will act decisively wherever those standards have been breached.”
Wemyss Gorman concluded her statement by affirming that maintaining the confidence of the public was important to the military and that the Jamaican people were to be informed as soon as the situation was resolved.
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