The police say they seized approximately 156.4 pounds of ganja and a motor truck during routine checks at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston over a six-hour period on Monday.
The street value of the drug is estimated at J$782,000.
Seven people were taken into custody in relation to the seizures. However their identities are being withheld until they are charged, the police say.
Reports are that about 10:00 am, members of the Canine and Transnational Crimes and Narcotics Division (TCND) accosted and searched a man who was boarding a flight to Barbados.
His luggage was checked and a false compartment was discovered with ganja weighing approximately 5.9 pounds. The man and a female who accompanied him to the NMIA were taken into custody.
An hour later, the TCND team conducted a stop and search operation in the vicinity of the NMIA round-a-bout. The driver of a white Isuzu Elf truck was signalled to stop and five boxes of yam inside the vehicle were found to contain ganja weighing approximately 129 pounds.
Three men were taken into custody and the truck seized in that incident.
And about 12:20 pm, during routine security checks in the baggage area at the NMIA, officers assigned to the Canine Division searched the luggage of a man who had checked in to board a flight.
Ganja weighing 18.6 pounds was found and the passenger taken into custody.
Within hours of the third seizure, about 2:30 pm, the lawmen from the TCND searched the luggage of a another man, who was checking in on a flight to Curacao and found ganja weighing about 2.8 pounds concealed in a tin of cheese.
Source-Jamaica Observer
