Ray Ray Market set a blaze
June 09, 2020 | By Hopeton O’Connor Dennie |
A section of Ray Ray Market set a blaze as warring factions of the underworld in West Kingston near a area known as “Lizard Town” battle for turf.
Reinforcements of heavily armed soldiers had to be called in as alleged gunmen traded bullets between themselves and pinned down if not outgunned the police. With the economy opening up contending gangs are competing for a piece of the lucrative extortion racket. Merchants in West Kingston are forced to pay protection fees to keep their businesses open. Millions of dollars are collected to fund their criminal networks.
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie, SIC Vision Newspaper
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
