1,100 pounds of compressed ganja seized in St Elizabeth
Police raided a premises in Beersheba district, New Market, St Elizabeth, on 4 January 2022 and seized 1,100 pounds of compressed ganja valued at $4.4 million. No arrest was made; investigators named a local man as a person of interest.
🇯🇲 Beersheba district, New Market, St Elizabeth · Jamaica
Officers of the St Elizabeth Police Division carried out a targeted raid on a premises in Beersheba district, New Market, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Tuesday 4 January 2022.[1][2]They found 1,100 pounds (about 499 kilograms) of compressed ganja at the property, which police valued at an estimated $4.4 million.[1][2]No arrest was made in connection with the seizure.[1][2]
Investigators named Jason Cope, otherwise called Kukos, of Happy Hall district in New Market, as a person of interest in the matter.[1][2]He was asked to report to the Black River police station by the afternoon of Thursday 6 January, and police asked anyone knowing his whereabouts to contact the Black River police or the nearest police station.[1][2]The case still stood without an arrest when the second account was published on 6 January, two days after the raid.[1][2]
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MIXX 102mixx102.com'Kukos' being sought in relation to big ganja find in St Elizabeth
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No one had been arrested when the 6 January account was published; whether the named person of interest reported to the police is not in the opened sources.
No charge or court outcome for the seizure was reported.
The Observer gives 1,100 pounds while MIXX 102 says over 1,100 pounds; this report uses 1,100.
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