Deejay Popcaan of the Vybz kartel led Portmore Empire, was one of several men reportedly detained yesterday afternoon during a police operation
at a studio in Havendale, St Andrew.
Sources from the St Andrew North police told THE WEEKEND STAR that the operation was carried out by members of the Mobile Reserve and Joint Taskforce.
THE WEEKEND STAR did not gather much information about the raid as several high-ranking members of the Jamaica
Constabulary Force including Head of Operations, Deputy Commissioner Glenmore Hines, said they were unaware of the operation.
CIB Head, Assistant Commissioner Les Green, said he had heard of the raid but could not speak to it.
THE WEEKEND STAR was also informed that yesterday in a separate incident, Vybz Kartel visited the Constant Spring Police Station where he spoke with officers about undisclosed matters.
"The studio at Kirk Avenue was raided and some men were detained, about five of them including an artiste ... We also called in Vybz Kartel and spoke to him," a high-ranking officer from the St Andrew North police said when contacted last night.
The detention of Popcaan and Vybz Kartel's visit to the station comes a day after former 'Empire' member Blak Ryno's Winchester Court Apartment
in St Andrew was destroyed by fire.
firebombed
The cause of that fire is still not yet known but it is rumoured that the apartment was firebombed.
When contacted, Superintendent Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight, Head of the St Andrew central police said "We would not have received word on the cause of the fire yet... The fire people would still be doing their investigations."
Checks with the Half-Way Tree Fire Station confirmed that investigations were still being done.
Amidst the uncertainty of the cause of the fire, a resident of Winchester Court questioned the investigative skills of the police.
two witnesses
In a letter sent to THE WEEKEND STAR, the resident stated that; "... it was obviously firebombed. Witnesses saw and heard three men at the apartment right before the blaze."
The letter also claimed that three men had visited the premises earlier in the day and threw stones at Ryno's window while telling him to come out.
"Neighbours and two witnesses to this called the police who arrived late as the men had gone, but clearly made their intent known as they shouted that they were coming back "to deal with yuh case"....15 hours later the apartment was ablaze," the letter stated.
According to the letter, a lighter and a plastic container which had a strong smell of kerosene were found at the scene after the fire.
When THE WEEKend STAR spoke to police sources they said that they could not confirm if these objects were indeed found at the scene. Questions were directed to the investigating officer who was said to be out of office.
Only last week Blak Ryno left the Vybz Kartel-led Portmore Empire. A day after he left the group, his father's house in Portmore was shot up. And on Tuesday, a man was shot and killed at 'Big Yard', off Manning's Hill Road in St Andrew.
After his departure from the 'Empire', Blak Ryno recorded a song called Mi Lef, in which he was obviously throwing words at his former mentor. Popcaan also recorded a song, Dem Sell Wi Out. Later, former member of the group, Lisa Hyper, recorded Call To Addi, while Jah Vinci, who was rumoured to have left the group on many occasions, affirmed that he was still a member, with no intentions to leave, in Gaza.
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