(SKY NEWS)- TIVOLI INVASION

As hundreds of troops and police officers close in on alleged drug lord Christopher Coke, explosions and steady gun fire can be heard throughout the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica. Plumes of smoke are rising from the barricaded community and journalists are hearing reports of as many as 15 dead, but caution that at this time they are unable to confirm that tally.

Armed police officers patrol a street in Kingston, in this May 24, 2010 frame grab. Heavily armed...
Armed police officers patrol a street in Kingston, in this May 24, 2010 frame grab. Heavily armed police patrolled the Jamaican capital on Monday after at least three people were killed in an outbreak of violence by suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who faces extradition to the United States.
(Reuters TV)
More PhotosCoke is wanted by U.S. authorities for alleged drug and firearms offenses committed while running an international drug gang called the Shower Posse out of the Jamaican capital's slums. Earlier Monday, he told the Jamaican police who are trying to capture him so he can be extradited to the U.S., "I will not surrender," according to U.S. authorities.

Helicopters are hovering overhead, attempting to identify possible snipers on rooftops, and the military can be hear dropping grenades into the community, though it is not known whether those are stun grenades or antipersonnel grenades.

As many as 700 troops from the Jamaica Defence Force have been deployed in West Kingston, with 200 or more at the barricaded community, and according to authorities as many as 1000 police officers are also mobilized. Many can be seen in flak jackets and armed with heavy weapons, including AK 47s, to counter the heavily armed drug gangsters and supporters who are forming a ring around the area where Coke is thought to be holed up.

Conflicting reports that Coke will cooperate or refuse to surrender continue to emerge from the scene, where journalists have now been pushed back from the area of constant gunfire. If he chooses to fight, the violence is expected to continue to escalate.

Residents are complaining to reporters that women and children inside the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood are in danger from the constant gunfire. A battle between authorities and drug gangs in Kingston in 2001 killed 25 civilians.

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[RasAlun478]

wats dat song at da end yakka?

[Delta50Eagle]

@SwedishDictatorship Sweden ;)

[Spade0007]

@helboi a that you say ---eeeeeeen --a that you say

[westonxxx]

Praying will stop the killing and shooting.. All you have to do is pray...

(Jamaica and yr brain should try to be more independent.)

[lildre1314]

ha ha ha ha thats wat we do in this place ah

[SwedishDictatorship]

Obama is a heroin dealer just like Bills Clinton and George Bush. So what gives them the right to bring Christopher Coke to USA? NADA!

[shannsasha]

@djzailant ........ i agree with you.

[blackadderxiv]

Di don Seh dem babylon bwoy must feel it or else u gweng feel it

[djzailant]

@ Hellboi........if you are a Jamaican, you are not a true die hearted one....news flash.....we don't care whether any of you come back or not

[jojojen1]

The goverment help the criminals them bring the gun them in to ja and now them cant control them, gun no make there, long time them a do tha,