Two 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.
Two men were taken into police custody after the Narcotics Police seized more
than 3,000 pounds of marijuana on the Spur Tree main road in Manchester on 29
May 2019.[1]
Officers were conducting operations in the area at about 3:40 pm when they
signalled a GMC motor truck to stop.[1]The driver complied and the truck was
searched, yielding 62 knitted plastic bags with several packages of compressed
ganja weighing approximately 3,010 pounds.[1]Police valued the ganja at more
than J$12 million on the street.[1]
The truck and the drugs were seized and both men were taken into custody.[1]Police withheld the men’s identities pending formal interviews in the presence
of their attorneys.[1]
The account came from the police Corporate Communications Unit, the
constabulary’s public information office.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one opened account of the seizure was found; a search of Jamaican and regional outlets located no second report of the same truck stop, so all figures are the police Corporate Communications Unit account carried by the Jamaica Observer.
The article gives no separate date for the stop; 29 May 2019 is taken from its reference to the seizure happening 'yesterday' relative to the 30 May 2019 date on the page and in its publication metadata.
No charges or court outcome were reported; police said only that the men were held for formal interviews in the presence of their attorneys.
The page image is a generic observer thumbnail from June 2017 with no caption or credit confirming it shows this seizure, so it is not confirmed as a photo of the event.
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