A fisherman from Mile End, St Ann, drowned while fishing at sea in Salem.

He has been identified as Kirk Williams.

According to reports from the Constabulary Communication Network, shortly after midday on Wednesday, Williams and a friend went spear fishing when he got into difficulty and drowned.

The police were alerted and the body taken to the morgue for post-mortem.

The Runaway Bay police are investigating.

Unidentified man killed

Detectives from the Denham Town Central Intelligence Branch are investigating the death of an unidentified man in Arnett Gardens, Kingston, yesterday morning.

The dead man is of dark complexion, slim build and about 170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in) tall. He was dressed in a pair of brown jeans, a white floral shirt and white socks.

Reports are that about 4 a.m., passers-by stumbled upon the body and called the police. On arrival, investigators found the the hands and feet bound with masking tape and the head encased in plastic wrap, secured with masking tape. Investigators say no motive has been established for the killing. The crime appeared to have been committed elsewhere and the body dumped in the area.

Decomposing body found

The decomposing body of 21-year-old Damion Campbell, otherwise called 'Obvious' of Stack Farm Road, Stony Hill, St Andrew, was found in bushes in Mount Horeb in the parish.

According to reports received from the Constabulary Communication Network, at 7 a.m., residents discovered the body and summoned the police. The body was closely inspected and found to have several gunshot wounds. The Constant Spring police are investigating.

Police seize more ganja

The Bridgeport police in Portmore, St Catherine, seized two parcels containing ganja at Southborough in the parish.

No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.

Reports are that at 1 p.m., police were on patrol when they saw a Toyota Hiace bus registered PC 4411 parked on the road. It was searched and the parcels containing the drug found. The bus and contraband were confiscated.

Investigation into the matter continues.

This occurred only two days after four men were taken into custody by the St Catherine police when nearly 2,000lb of ganja was discovered in a vehicle in which the men had been travelling.

The police allege the drug was part of a shipment a United States-registered twin-engine aircraft to Jamaica was to pick up when it crashed on a private road owned by Windalco Bauxite Company in Schwallenburgh district, near the St Ann-St Catherine border. The two occupants of the plane were killed.