Officers from the Narcotics Division and the Mobile Reserve destroyed five acres of ganja across three fields around Yallahs, St Thomas, on 22 April 2019, along with ten pounds of ganja seeds. No arrests were reported in the operation.
🇯🇲 Yallahs, St Thomas · Jamaica
Officers from the police Narcotics Division and the Mobile Reserve carried out searches in and around the Yallahs section of St Thomas on Monday 22 April 2019.[1] They found three ganja fields and destroyed a collective five acres (about two hectares) of the crop.[1]
Ten pounds of ganja seeds were destroyed as well.[1] The report names no arrests from the Yallahs operation.[1]
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