Ganja seized at airport, English man arrested
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January 29, 2017

Ganja seized at airport, English man arrested

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A British man has been arrested after 12.5 pounds of ganja was detected in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport yesterday.

He has been identified as 56-year-old Michael Meakin of Ketley Hill Road in England.

Detectives from the Narcotics Division say that 2:20 pm, Meakin arrived at the airport to board a flight to Birmingham, England when security personnel scanned his luggage and anomalies were detected.  

They say that a thorough search was then carried out and ten tins marked ackees were found to contain ganja.

The weed, the cops say, has an estimated street value of J$68,750.

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