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Sergeant Russell Robinson, the policeman who was held in the February 4 gun and ammunition bust at Munster Road in Kingston, was slapped with 24 criminal charges yesterday.

Sergeant Robinson has been charged with:
• 18 counts of illegal possession of firearms;
• four counts of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act;
• one count of illegal possession of ammunition; and
• one count of storehouse break-in and larceny

Notably, Robinson was rated by his colleagues as a model cop, and was slated to be the ‘poster boy’ for promoting a newly designed uniform that Jamaica’s police will soon be wearing.

The two civilian workers from the police armoury and stores – Charles Morris and David Blagrove – as well as businessman Garnett Pennington have also been hit with a battery of charges in connection with the huge arms bust.

Morris and Blagrove are both charged with 18 counts of illegal possession of firearms, one count of illegal possession of ammunition and one count of aiding and abetting storehouse break-in and larceny.

Pennington faces one charge of illegal possession of a firearm, one charge of illegal possession of ammunition and one count of aiding and abetting storehouse break-in and larceny.

The weapons and ammunition were allegedly stolen from the police armoury, and it is believed that they were scheduled to be sold to the criminal underworld.

All four accused are expected to face the court on Monday (February 22).

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