KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 31, CMC -Jamaica police say they have detained seven people including six Haitian nationals during a coordinated road block operation in Falmouth, the historic north coast port twn over the last weekend.
The police said that members of the Trelawny Divisional Operational Support Team were conducting the operation when they observed a vehicle which attracted the attention of the police after a man was observed being transported in its trunk.
The police said that during a check of the vehicle, six of the occupants were identified as Haitian nationals, whose “national identification cards were reportedly found during a search of the vehicle; however, no passports were found.
“Investigators also observed that five of the Haitian nationals had wet clothing and luggage at the time they were intercepted. This has formed part of the ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding their presence in Jamaica.”
The police said that the six Haitian nationals and the Jamaican driver were subsequently taken into police custody.
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