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Cocaine and 40 pounds of ganja seized off Negril coast, men arrested

Published:Thursday | January 30, 2020 | 9:16 AM

The Narcotics Police seized 40 pounds of ganja and one kilogramme of cocaine off the coast of Negril, Westmoreland on Tuesday.

The police report that about 12:50 a.m., the JDF Coast Guard intercepted a vessel with seven men aboard - four Hondurans and three Jamaicans.

The vessel was searched and the drugs found.

All seven men were subsequently arrested.

Their identities have been withheld pending further investigations.

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