216 pounds of ganja seized in abandoned St Elizabeth building
St Elizabeth police seized 216 pounds of compressed ganja from an abandoned building in Burnt Savannah on 3 September 2024, after a patrol saw a group of men flee. Police believe the drug was packaged for export; no one was arrested.
Detectives assigned to the St Elizabeth Police Division seized216 pounds
(about 98 kg) of compressed ganja during a snap raid in Burnt Savannah on
Tuesday, 3 September 2024.[1][2]
Officers on patrol saw a group of men who ran as law enforcement approached.[2]Between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., officers searched an abandoned building and
found the drug packed in four white knitted bags.[1][2]
Police believe the ganja was packaged for export and valued it at about
J$2.16 million.[1][2]No one was arrested in relation to the seizure.[1][2]
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The four white knitted bags of seized ganja found in the abandoned building in Burnt Savannah.Photo details
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