January 3, 2023
Cocaine worth $90m seized at NMIA
Kingston, Jamaica— Over 12 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of US$600,000 or J$90,603,000 was seized at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday.
Reports are that about 7:00 am, anomalies were detected on a suitcase destined for the United States of America during routine security checks.
A search of the luggage was conducted and the illicit drug was found.
According to the police, a manhunt was launched and a suspect was subsequently apprehended in the Kingston 6 area.
He was arrested for reasonable suspicion of breaches of the Dangerous Drug Act.
His identity is being withheld pending further investigations.