POPULAR dancehall DJ Vybz Kartel is expected to hand himself over to the St Catherine South police today, a day after being named as a major person of interest.

Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, is one of six persons who police in that division said they had an interest in interviewing.

The other men are:

* Omar Lawrence, also called 'Hommie', of Anglin Lane, Newlands, Portmore;

* Seymour Johnson, otherwise called 'Bulb Eye', of Braeton Phase One;

* Paul Smith, alias called 'Kerone' and 'Biggs', of Big Lane, Central Village;

* Oneil Myurrie, also called 'Neily', of Little Lane, Central Village; and

* Damion Perry, alias 'Tillyman', of Old Harbour Bay.

The police have named more than 100 major persons of interest, since Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced a limited state of emergency last month in Kingston and St Andrew, and which was last week extended to St Catherine.

Vybz Kartel and the other five men are the latest addition to the growing list.

The state of emergency gives the police the power to detain persons indefinitely.

Despite rising popularity among dancehall fans, Vybz Kartel has had a troubled year. He has been banned from performing in Barbados and St Lucia after authorities in those countries branded his music as undesirable and a wrong influence on young people.

His studio at Kirk Avenue in Havendale, St Andrew was locked down by the St Andrew North police after residents of the community complained that the recording studio was attracting undesirables who were making their lives hell.