Three 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.
🇯🇲 Johnson Hill, Hellshire, St Catherine · Jamaica
Police detained three suspects during an anti-narcotics operation at Johnson
Hill in Hellshire, St Catherine, on 7 September 2017.[1]Detectives were
conducting the special anti-narcotics operation at about 6:20 pm.[1]Police
added that three suspects were taken into custody and two motor vehicles were
seized.[1]
Officers found eight knitted bags holding 32 rectangular parcels, each wrapped
in brown masking tape and containing ganja.[1]The police said the marijuana
seized weighed more than 300 pounds, about 136 kg.[1]Police estimated the
ganja’s street value at $1.3 million.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The police statement gives only 'more than 300 pounds'; the report uses 300 pounds, about 136 kg, as the recorded weight.
The article does not state the currency of the $1.3 million street value; it is treated as Jamaican dollars, as is usual for the Jamaica Observer, but not confirmed.
The three suspects' ages and names, whether they were charged, and the outcome of the case were not reported.
The operation was described only as occurring 'yesterday'; 7 September 2017 is inferred from the article's 8 September date line.
Only one account was found; the article carries no byline and attributes the figures to the police report.
The page's picture is captioned 'File photo' and is therefore not listed as an image of this seizure.
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