765 lb of ganja seized at sea off White House; two Jamaicans and a Haitian held
The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard intercepted a boat off White House, Westmoreland, on 3 May 2018 and seized about 765 lb (347 kg) of compressed ganja. Two St Elizabeth men and a Haitian national were arrested and later charged with possession, dealing and taking steps to export the drug.
The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard stopped and boarded a blue motorised boat acting suspiciously off the Westmoreland coast on 3 May 2018.[1][2]Coastguardsmen found eleven packages of compressed marijuana still on the vessel and retrieved five more parcels the crew had thrown overboard, about 765 lb (347 kg) in total.[1][2]
Aboard were two Jamaicans, 39-year-old fisherman Orlando Sangster of Barbary Hall and 21-year-old labourer Renaldo Seaton of Middle Quarters, both from St Elizabeth, along with 39-year-old Haitian farmer Guy Robert Joseph.[1]All three were charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, taking steps preparatory to export ganja, use of conveyance and conspiracy.[1]
Sangster and Seaton were each offered bail of $500,000 when they appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court, on condition they report to the Black River Police Station on Mondays and Wednesdays, while Joseph was remanded.[1]Tuck Magazine placed the run in the Jamaica–Haiti guns-for-drugs pattern, in which Jamaican ganja is traded for firearms.[2]
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