Security forces were burning the bodies of the dead this week in a Jamaican neighborhood ravaged by a failed attempt to arrest a suspected drug kingpin, according to residents, who said their entire neighborhood had been a war zone.

Kingston's deputy police commissioner, Glenmore Hinds, denied the reports.

"We have no evidence of any body been burned," Hinds said Thursday. "There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that any of the bodies been burned."

Jamaican authorities launched an all-out attempt to arrest Christopher "Dudus" Coke over the weekend, but they were met by barricades and gunfire that resulted in at least 67 deaths and the arrests of hundreds, mostly on weapons charges.

"Our best information is that he has not been arrested," Hinds said. "His whereabouts, I cannot tell you."

Throughout the week, a discrepancy between the government's body count and that of local media raised eyebrows. Some residents of Tivoli Gardens, where much of the violence was focused, told CNN they fear the authorities are trying to cover up its extent.

None of the residents who spoke with CNN would agree to use their names, fearing reprisal from the authorities.

One man told CNN on Wednesday he could see the burning from his window, which overlooks the front of the public works compound.

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