THREE men a Morant Bay businessman and a father and son are expected to be charged later today for breaching the Firearms Act.

The St Thomas Police early this morning carried out a series of operations and seized four illegal firearms that have been linked to the men. The series of events began shortly after 1:00 am when the cops searched the home of 25-year-old Mark Tomlinson in Wilmington and found a 9mm Tech Nine submachine gun and a .38 revolver, the police said.

Investigations led the police to the home of his 50-year-old father, Frank, where they found a 12-guage shotgun. While interrogating the older Tomlinson, investigators found out that the firearm belonged to businessman Ludlow McQuinnie.

That discovery led the police to carry out an operation at McQuinniess home in Higbury, near Morant Bay. His personal 9mm Beretta pistol, 19 9mm rounds and a quantity of 12-gauge cartridges were seized.

Preliminary checks on that firearm showed that McQuinnie had not renewed the license on it, the police said.

Senior detectives attached to the Morant Bay Police say Tomlinson and his son will be charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. The businessman also faces similar charges, plus the additional charge of aiding and abetting the offence of illegal possession of firearm. This charge is as a result of his personal shotgun being found in Tomlinsons possession.