Officers from the Jamaica Customs Agency’s Contraband Enforcement Team along with officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Narcotics Division and port security personnel seized a shipment containing marijuana with an estimated street value of $6.1 million dollars or USD $41,840.00 concealed in a transshipment container at the Port of Kingston.
Reports are that on Thursday, February 11 during a routine examination of containers, officers found a container with discrepancies leading to the seizure of the thirteen (13) knitted bags and one (1) duffle bag with 155 packages containing substances resembling marijuana.
No arrests have been made in relation to this seizure.
The matter is currently being investigated by the Border Protection Unit of the Jamaica Customs Agency and the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Narcotics Division.