The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF)
Coast Guard yesterday seized approximately 765 pounds of compressed marijuana
when it intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland. Three men, one
Haitian and two Jamaican nationals, were held in connection with the seizure.
It is reported that a JDF Coast
Guard patrol team on board HMJS Cornwall, one of two recently acquired County
Class Off Shore Patrol Vessels, was conducting routine patrols off the coast of
Westmoreland when they spotted a blue motor-vessel acting suspiciously. The
Coast Guard team approached the vessel in order to carry out a board and
search, when the three men were spotted throwing a number of packages over board.
The Coast Guard team recovered five packages that were thrown overboard and
another eleven that were still on board. The packages were subsequently found
to contain the contraband, leading to the arrest of the three men.
A number of fuel containers with
over 150 gallons of fuel were also seized. The men have been handed over to the
narcotics police for processing, while the marijuana was weighed and similarly processed.
Yesterday’s seizure and arrest is strongly suspected to be connected to the
ongoing guns-for-drugs trade between Jamaican and Haitian criminals.
HMJS Cornwall is one of two new
County Class Vessels that were added to the JDF fleet last January 2017.
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