919 lb (417 kg) of ganja found in 18 bags in Portland, no arrests
Jamaica's Area 2 Narcotics Division found 919 pounds (about 417 kilograms) of compressed ganja in 18 knitted bags hidden in shrubs in Norwich, Port Antonio, Portland, during a pre-dawn operation on 29 March 2024. Police valued the ganja at JM$9,190,000 and reported no arrests.
The Area 2 Narcotics Division seized919 pounds of compressed ganja in Norwich,
Port Antonio, in Portland parish.[1]Officers carried out the operation in the
community at about 2:00 am on Friday, 29 March 2024.[1]
The 919 pounds, about 417 kilograms, were packed in 18 knitted bags hidden in
shrubs along the coast.[1]Police estimated the street value of the ganja at
JM$9,190,000.[1]
No one was arrested in connection with the seizure.[1]A later account,
published on 1 April 2024, repeated the same police figures of 18 bags, 919
pounds and the JM$9,190,000 estimate.[2]Detectives asked anyone with
information to contact the Narcotics Division on 876-923-5729, the police
emergency number 119 or Crime Stop at 311.[1]
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Writeups 24writeups24.comJamaica’s Narcotics Division seizes over 900 pounds of Ganja, investigation continues
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The accounts do not name a court step or any suspect; no arrest was reported.
Writeups 24 says the bags held '919 rounds of compressed Ganja', apparently a mistranscription of pounds; the report uses the Observer's 919 pounds.
The ganja is described only as compressed ganja, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The article gives no separate time or location detail beyond the community's coastal areas; the 29 March date follows from 'Friday' in the 30 March report.
Police and the JDF Coast Guard seized over 2,000 pounds of ganja from a canoe near Alligator Pond, St Elizabeth on March 3. Four men on board were charged with possession, dealing, trafficking and export-related ganja offences.
The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard intercepted a vessel southwest of Long Bay Beach, Manchester, seizing over 2,286 pounds of marijuana valued at about $45 million. Four people were detained and handed over with the drugs to the police narcotics division for processing.
Police intercepted two cars on the Pamphret main road in St Thomas on September 26, 2025, seizing 1,600 pounds of compressed ganja in 33 bags. Two men were arrested and charged with possession, dealing, export-preparation and trafficking offences.
Three men are being prosecuted over 1,890 pounds (about 857 kg) of compressed ganja that police said they were taking to a Jamaican port on 15 August 2025. Two were granted $1 million bail, the third stayed in lockup, and the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court set 6 January 2026 for case management.
