Jamaica Constabulary Force
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Police · 8 reports
- People arrested
- 21
- Cannabis seized
- 9.76439 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
4,079 pounds of ganja seized in Prospect, St Thomas; Bahamian man, 70, held
Police in St Thomas took a 70-year-old man believed to be Bahamian into custody after finding 4,079 pounds of compressed ganja, packed in 765 parcels, in an unoccupied building in Prospect. Acting Senior Superintendent Patrae Rowe, head of the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division, said the seizure targeted the guns-for-drugs trade.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.85 t1,832 pounds of ganja seized from canoe at Bowden Wharf; five charged
A joint police and coast guard operation intercepted a canoe at Bowden Wharf, St Thomas, seizing about 1,832 pounds of compressed ganja on 20 December 2024. Five men were charged with trafficking and related offences and remanded when they appeared in court on 3 January 2025.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 831 kgRecord 8,700-pound ganja bust in Manchester; four arrested
Police seized about 8,700 pounds (3,946 kg) of compressed ganja worth an estimated JMD 35 million at two premises in Spur Tree, Manchester, on 4 May 2020, the biggest ganja bust in Jamaica's history. Three men and a woman were detained and a motor vehicle was seized.
Arrested 4Cannabis 3.94625 tVehicles confiscated 1Two held and 3,010 pounds of ganja seized from a truck in Manchester
Narcotics Police stopped a GMC truck on the Spur Tree main road in Manchester on 29 May 2019 and found 62 knitted plastic bags of compressed ganja weighing about 3,010 pounds, worth over J$12 million on the street according to police. Two men were taken into custody and the truck seized, with their identities withheld pending interviews with their attorneys.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.36531 t1,156 pounds of marijuana seized in a Port of Kingston container
Customs officers found 1,156.2 pounds of marijuana, worth about J$5.78 million at street prices, in packages inside a container at the Port of Kingston in November 2018. No arrest was reported, and the Border Protection Division and the police Narcotics Division were investigating.
Cannabis 524.45 kgThree held as police seize 300 pounds of ganja in Hellshire
Detectives seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana, packed in 32 taped parcels in eight knitted bags, during an anti-narcotics operation at Johnson Hill in Hellshire, St Catherine. Police estimated the ganja's street value at $1.3 million, took three suspects into custody and seized two motor vehicles.
Arrested 3Cannabis 136.08 kgVehicles confiscated 2450 lb of ganja seized in Lititz, St Elizabeth; no arrests
Narcotics police seized about 450 pounds of ganja from an unfinished section of a house in Lititz, St Elizabeth on 14 October 2016. Police valued the drug at about $2.1 million and reported no arrests.
Arrested 0Cannabis 204.12 kg2,000 lb of ganja seized in St Elizabeth; three foreigners held
Narcotics detectives operating in Gazeland district, St Elizabeth, on the morning of 21 June 2016 seized 2,000 lb of ganja worth just over J$10 million and took three foreign nationals into custody. A second premises yielded ammunition and cash, with three more people detained, all expected to face charges under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Arrested 6Cannabis 907.18 kg