16 y-o JAMAICAN teen suspected to have been ISIS bound in police custody

Monday, April 13, 2015 | 7:56 PM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Police High Command late Monday issued a statement confirming that a Jamaican teen who was denied entry into Suriname and returned to the island on Saturday, April 11, is in custody.

Media reports are that the 16-year-old boy was refused passage through Suriname on Saturday, after immigration officers suspected that he was travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) through Turkey.

ACP Devon Watkis

Detectives from the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Branch (C-TOC), along with other law enforcement agencies, have been tasked to pursue several lines of investigation in relation to the incident, a release from the Corporate Communications Unit said.

“It would be premature to issue any detailed statement on this issue at this time,” head of C-TOC Assistant Commissioner of Police Devon Watkis said, explaining that the investigation is at a delicate stage.

ACP Watkis, however, assured the public that information would be made available as soon as possible. more