KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 8, CMC – The police are reporting the largest cocaine bust in Jamaica’s history, following the seizure of over 5,500 kilogrammes of cocaine with a street value of US$76 million earlier this week
Five men – including a Colombian national, an accountant as well as a deportee are among those in custody ustody in connection with the seizure.
The arrests and seizure were made during an anti-narcotics operation by a team of police officers from the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) in the Corporate Area.
It’s reported that FNID officers, with support from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch, raided a premises, resulting in the arrest of the men and the seizure of a number of knitted bags containing cocaine.
Superintendent Sam Blake, head of the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division, said the operation has put a dent into a drug trafficking network.
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