Reports reaching the offices of One876Entertainment.com 29 year-old Jamaican dancehall artiste Ryan Sudlow, more commonly known as Bascom X, was arrested at his Hellshire, St Catherine home and charged with illegal possession of firearm yesterday.

Two other persons - one of them a woman - were also arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Their names were not released by the police.

According to the Constabulary Communication Network said that the police, acting on information received, went to Bascom X's home at around 2:30 pm in search of a man suspected to be involved in a robbery in the area. The man ran on approach of the cops but was unsecessful in his bid to escape.

The officers searched the house and allegedly found a .45 handgun with five live rounds of ammunition.