688 kg of compressed marijuana seized at Port of Kingston
Customs officers seized 688 kg of compressed marijuana hidden in a transhipment container at the Port of Kingston on 11 February 2021. No arrests were made and customs investigators and narcotics police are investigating the seizure.
🇯🇲 Port of Kingston, Kingston · Jamaica
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On 11 February 2021, officers from the Jamaica Customs Agency’s Contraband
Enforcement Team, together with officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s
Narcotics Division and Port Security personnel, seized a shipment concealed in a
transhipment container at the Port of Kingston.[1]The officers made no
arrests in relation to the seizure, according to the Jamaica Customs Agency.[1]The agency said its Border Protection Unit and the Jamaica Constabulary
Force’s Narcotics Division are investigating the matter.[1]
The agency said the shipment contained 1516.7 pounds (688 kg) of marijuana.[1]The agency described the marijuana as compressed marijuana.[1]Officers found
the container during a routine examination of containers after noticing
discrepancies in the container.[1]Inside the container were thirteen knitted
bags and one duffle bag holding 155 packages containing a substance resembling
marijuana.[1]The Jamaica Customs Agency put the estimated street value of the
marijuana at JMD 6.1 million, or USD 41,840.[1]
Only one source, the Jamaica Customs Agency account via the Jamaica Information Service, could be opened; a Jamaica Star version of the same account could not be opened and is not cited.
The origins, destination and intended recipient of the transhipment container were not reported.
No later outcome of the Border Protection Unit and Narcotics Division investigation was reported in the opened source.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out kg seized, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out value, as no supporting quotation was given.
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