MARBELLA CLUB

Dead is Hanix Thompson, 29, from Hendon, Norwood in the parish. Crime continues to surge in Montego Bay, St James, following the shooting death of a taxi operator yesterday.Constable Richam Davis, Constabulary Communications Network liaison officer for the parish, said Thompson was gunned down on Johnson Hill in Glendevon about 7:20 a.m. Reports are that residents heard several loud explosions and alerted the police. Thompson's body was subsequently found with several gunshot wounds. His Toyota Corolla motor car was taken by his killer(s). The taxi operator was taken to the Cornwall regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No motive has been established for the murder. However, the Montego Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), is appealing to persons with information to contact them immediately.
Thompson's death has pushed the number of homicides in St. James to 139 since the start of the year. Meanwhile, the Anchovy police were kept busy by scores of residents in Mount Carey, St. James who mounted a roadblock on Monday morning. Police say the road was blocked about 9: 20 a.m. by residents protesting the absence of electricity and water supply from their community. However, the protest was short-lived as the police cleared the roadblocks and maintained a presence in the area.

250 kg of cannabis with a street value of around £527,000 was seized on August 29.
Officers from the UK border agency stopped a lorry after it arrived on a ferry from Bilbao in northern Spain.After searching the vehicle, the drugs were discovered hidden in some furniture.Two male lorry drivers, both UK nationals, have been arrested and will be released on bail until January 27, 2009.
Carole Upshall, regional director south of UKBA said: 'This is an excellent result. Smugglers are criminals who are only out to make a profit.'They do not care about the harm that they cause by smuggling, whether it is drugs, dangerous counterfeit cigarettes or illegal immigrants.'
Bob Gaiger, HM Revenue & Customs spokesman in the South, said: 'Regional ports like Portsmouth should not be seen as a soft touch by smugglers.'

Australian Writer arrested in Bangkok, Thailand on Lese-Majeste charges - Insulting Thai RoyaltyAn Australian writer was arrested on Sunday on his departure at Bangkok’s airport. The Australian man faces a lese-majeste charges for a book he wrote in 2005 insulting Thailand’s Royal family.The Australian embassy identified the Australian man as a 41 year old Harry Nicolaides from Melbourne, Australia, who was shocked there was an arrest warrant out for him when he tried to fly out from Bangkok to Australia.Lese-majeste is a crime that can carry a jail sentence of up to 15 years in Thailand.Police identified the book written as “Verisimilitude” with a published dated of June 2005.