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$10M ganja haul in Manchester

Published:Saturday | September 29, 2018 | 1:54 PM

The security forces have scored another massive ganja haul.

The latest occurred in Manchester yesterday where ganja valued at approximately $10 million was seized by the Narcotics Police.

The police say there was no arrest.

It comes a day after the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard reportedly seized 1,384 pounds of compressed ganja, with a street value of $5.5 million, onboard a vessel in waters along the coastline in Black River, St Elizabeth

Yesterday’s seizure came during an operation in the community of Guts River.

The police report that about 1 p.m. detectives from the Narcotics Division searched a vegetated area where they found 27 knitted plastic bags containing 2,500 pounds of compressed ganja.

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