TWO persons were arrested in St. James and St. Ann yesterday for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act after being found in possession of cocaine.

Police information is that about 5:30 pm, a flight attendant who was a crewmember abroad an aircraft destined for the United States from Montego Bay, was arrested after a suitcase he checked in with was searched and four packages containing cocaine were found. Further checks also revealed four other packages strapped to his body. The total weight of the seizure was 13.5 lbs.

Later, about 9:15 pm, a tour operator of Mount Edgecombe, Runaway Bay, was arrested during an operation carried out along the Oracabessa main road in St. Mary when his Toyota Townace was signaled to stop. The vehicle was searched and a plastic bag containing 51 parcels of cocaine was found.

The identities of both men are being withheld pending further investigations.

The incidents are being investigated by the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division.

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