KINGSTON: Members of the Narcotics Division along with the Contraband Enforcement Team seized more than 1000 pounds of ganja at Kingston Wharves Limited, Newport West, Kingston here the other day.
Reports are that about 9:00 am, security personnel were unable to locate a particular container and a search ensued. The narcotics police were summoned and upon locating the container, it was found to contain six rectangular parcels with ganja totalling approximately 73.8 pounds. The container arrived in the island on Friday, August 7, from the United States of America and was destined for the Netherlands.
This led investigators to another container, which had 10 large duffle bags. A search of the bags revealed 262 parcels of compressed ganja amounting to approximately1022.5 pounds. The container arrived in Jamaica on Sunday, July 26, from China and was scheduled to depart for Suriname.
A total of 1096.3 pounds of ganja, with an estimated street value of J$2.7 million was seized.
