An 18-year-old welder from Mount Salem District, St. James, has been arrested and charged with possession of id data.
The person, recognized as Lyon Burrell, was present in possession of non-public particulars—together with names, contact numbers, banking data, and addresses—of people residing abroad, which he couldn’t adequately account for.
The arrest occurred on February 14, 2025, at roughly 3:52 PM, throughout a focused operation by regulation enforcement officers within the Leeds space of Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. Appearing on intelligence {that a} resident within the neighborhood was concerned in lottery scamming actions, the police visited the premises and found Burrell in possession of the aforementioned data.
Burrell was subsequently arrested and charged in reference to the incident. The authorities haven’t disclosed additional particulars concerning the investigation or potential hyperlinks to bigger felony actions.
