Three men were arrested in an operation by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division on Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11, on 15 August 2025.[1] Police said the accused were found on their way to one of the country’s ports of entry with 1,890 pounds of compressed ganja seized on 15 August 2025.[2]

Officers intercepted two of the men in a Toyota Hiace bus in which knitted bags said to contain the ganja were found.[1] The third man was arrested in a motor car, which police said was piloting the other two towards the Norman Manley International Airport.[1]

The three are jointly charged with conspiracy to export ganja, possession of criminal property, trafficking and dealing in ganja, taking steps preparatory to export ganja, and possession of ganja.[2] On 27 August 2025 Parish Judge Maxine Ellis granted bail of $1 million each to two of the accused in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, imposing strict conditions.[1] Those two must surrender their travel documents, report regularly to the police, and had stop orders imposed against them.[1]

The remaining accused, Leon Hines, had not been granted bail by late November and appeared before Parish Judge Paula Blake Powell from lockup.[2] The prosecution told the November court sitting that a forensic certificate for the drugs was outstanding, and the men were ordered to return on 6 January 2026 for case management.[2] At the August bail hearing the prosecutor opposed bail strongly, citing the seriousness of the offences and caution statements in which some of the accused admitted involvement in the trafficking operation.[1]