TORTOLA — One of the four men arrested as a result of a stop\/search operation here was slapped with additional firearm charges Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Following Thursday\u2019s arrest, Police carried out a search at the premises of Travis Gumbs, 23, and recovered an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon and accompanying ammunition.<\/p>\n
He was subsequently charged with unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n
Gumbs was charged on Thursday with firearm and drug possession offences.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, Jariel Harrigan, who was hospitalised following the stop\/search operation on Thursday, was also charged with carrying an unlicenced firearm, two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of a control drug and unlawful possession of a control drug with intent to supply.<\/p>\n
Travis Gumbs, 23, and Omari Winter, 18, of no fixed place of abode and Kadeem Frett, 20, of Long Look all received the same charges on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
In the incident, Police stopped a vehicle in the Crablot area with the four men inside.<\/p>\n
Harrigan exited the vehicle with a handgun. After a command to drop the firearm, Harrigan pointed the firearm at an officer and was shot. He fled the area but was later apprehended and taken to Peebles Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
The handgun, several rounds of ammunition and a quantity of illegal drugs were recovered during the incident.<\/p>\n
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