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Cuba coastguard kills four on Florida-registered boat
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Cuba coastguard kills four on Florida-registered boat
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HAVANA, Cuba—Cuba's coastguard shot dead four people and injured six others travelling in a US-registered speedboat in an exchange of fire off the Cub...
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Ex-US Treasury chief Larry Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties
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Ex-US Treasury chief Larry Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convi...
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Regional leaders encouraged by first round of engagement with Rubio
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Regional leaders encouraged by first round of engagement with Rubio
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders say they are encouraged by statements made by visiting United States Secretary of S...
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‘I feel loved’: Irish MP overwhelmed by Jamaican response to viral speech
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Thomas Gould, the Irish politician who recently captured global attention because of his distinctive accent, says he has been overwhelmed by the volum...
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Brazil politicians convicted for ordering murder of black activist councillor
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted two former lawmakers of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro council...
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US eases Venezuela oil ban to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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February 25 01:42 PM
BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis (AFP)—The United States on Wednesday notched down sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba after the communist-ru...
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
February 25 01:04 PM
A Jamaican man reportedly appeared in a Florida federal court Monday to answer to charges stemming from the seizure of millions of US dollars worth of...
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Jackson chides Chang over comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
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Jackson chides Chang over comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
February 25 12:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson has chided Dr Horace Chang for the national security minister's remark th...
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
February 25, 2026
A Jamaican man reportedly appeared in a Florida federal court Monday to answer to charges stemming from the seizure of millions of US dollars worth of...
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Government worker on cocaine rap granted $1m bail; co-accused’s bail extended
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Government worker on cocaine rap granted $1m bail; co-accused’s bail extended
February 4, 2026
MONTEGO BAY, St James — One of two government employees detained at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay last month following the seizure of ...
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$30 million worth of cocaine seized at Sangster airport, St Elizabeth farmer being sought
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$30 million worth of cocaine seized at Sangster airport, St Elizabeth farmer being sought
January 28, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – A St Elizabeth farmer is being sought by the police following the seizure of approximately 50.2 kilograms of cocaine at the Sa...
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Probe launched into cocaine missing from police station in Belize
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Probe launched into cocaine missing from police station in Belize
January 27, 2026
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belizean Police Commissioner Dr Richard Rosado has confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the disappearance o...
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Parish council employees to return to court next Thursday
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Parish council employees to return to court next Thursday
January 27, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The two municipal corporation employees allegedly at the centre of a cocaine trafficking case are to appear again in court on Febr...
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Cocaine found during audit of C-TOC storage as probe deepens after police inspector’s arrest
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Cocaine found during audit of C-TOC storage as probe deepens after police inspector’s arrest
January 23, 2026
Another high-level investigation is currently underway within the Jamaica Constabulary Force following the discovery of two illegal parcels of cocaine...
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Gov’t employees on cocaine rap to return to court on January 27
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Gov’t employees on cocaine rap to return to court on January 27
January 21, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — One of the two government employees held at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay last week in connection with the sei...
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Two gov’t employees arrested in cocaine bust at Sangster airport
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Two gov’t employees arrested in cocaine bust at Sangster airport
January 17, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica  –  Detectives assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) have arrested two senior government employees - ...
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St Catherine man charged following drug bust
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St Catherine man charged following drug bust
January 15, 2026
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica—A St Catherine man has been charged with possession of cocaine and dealing in cocaine following a drug bust at his home on Wedne...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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CTOC police inspector arrested after search turns up cocaine
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CTOC police inspector arrested after search turns up cocaine
January 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A police inspector assigned to the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (CTOC) has been arrested on suspicion of breaches ...
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Caribbean nationals detained in major coke seizure
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Caribbean nationals detained in major coke seizure
December 12, 2025
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) — Six Caribbean nationals are due to appear in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) court after being charged in con...
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Two Canadians detained, cocaine seized in MOCA operation in St Elizabeth
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Two Canadians detained, cocaine seized in MOCA operation in St Elizabeth
December 6, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Agents from the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) are currently carrying out an anti-narcotics operation...
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Man caught with dozens of cocaine pellets to be sentenced
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Man caught with dozens of cocaine pellets to be sentenced
December 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 38-year-old man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to drug offences in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tues...
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Is it crack or not?
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Is it crack or not?
November 21, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica  — A man nabbed in a police raid and slapped with cocaine possession charges argued in court Thursday that neither he nor cops knew ...
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JDF Coast Guard seizes cocaine valued at $3.7 billion off south coast
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JDF Coast Guard seizes cocaine valued at $3.7 billion off south coast
November 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard has made a significant dent in the region’s drug-trafficking network after seizing mor...
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Panama seizes tons of US-bound cocaine, arrests 10
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Panama seizes tons of US-bound cocaine, arrests 10
November 11, 2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP)—Panamanian authorities on Tuesday announced a large seizure of US-bound cocaine on a ferry in the Pacific, at a time Washing...
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Colombia recalls ambassador to US as Trump-Petro feud intensifies
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Colombia recalls ambassador to US as Trump-Petro feud intensifies
October 20, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia on Monday recalled its ambassador to the United States as a public feud between the nations' leaders heated up with...
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Guyana’s anti-narcotic unit intercepts cocaine destined for Europe
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Guyana’s anti-narcotic unit intercepts cocaine destined for Europe
September 22, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana's newly appointed Home Affairs Minister, Oneidge Walrond, has described the interception of more than 147 pounds of ...
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Man in $1m cocaine case offered bail
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Man in $1m cocaine case offered bail
August 20, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A farmer who was wanted by police on cocaine charges for over a year before surrendering was offered bail in the Manchester Pari...
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Kingston man remanded in custody on cocaine charges
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Kingston man remanded in custody on cocaine charges
August 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Kingston man accused of possessing and dealing in cocaine was remanded in custody on Tuesday when he appeared in the Kingston an...
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Russia seizes $150 m cocaine haul hidden in banana shipment
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Russia seizes $150 m cocaine haul hidden in banana shipment
July 16, 2025
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Wednesday it had seized 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of cocaine hidden under a shipment of bananas, calling it its ...
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Ex-US Treasury chief Larry Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convi...
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders say they are encouraged by statements made by visiting United States Secretary of S...
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‘I feel loved’: Irish MP overwhelmed by Jamaican response to viral speech
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‘I feel loved’: Irish MP overwhelmed by Jamaican response to viral speech
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Thomas Gould, the Irish politician who recently captured global attention because of his distinctive accent, says he has been overwhelmed by the volum...
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Brazil politicians convicted for ordering murder of black activist councillor
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Brazil politicians convicted for ordering murder of black activist councillor
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted two former lawmakers of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro council...
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