Tourists travelling to Jamaica’s capital Kingston are being warned that a state of emergency now exists in certain areas of the city after gunfire broke out as authorities battled to hunt down a notorious drug baron.
The FCO is warning tourists not to stray into west Kingston, particularly Tivoli and Denham Town, and St Andrews where street violence and shootings have made the area a no-go zone.
So far there have been at least 31 deaths, many say all of whom are civilians, as fighters loyal to drug dealer (and some say Robin Hood figure) Christopher Coke take on police.
More than 200 people have been detained in an anti-drugs crackdown that has seen thousands of police and soldiers deployed to smoke out Coke.
However, most tourists to Jamaica are at least 100 miles away in the north of the island where there is no hint of the chaos of the capital.
