The Area 2 police have seized more than one thousand seven hundred pounds of compressed ganja, valued at some J$64 in Islington, St Mary.
A report from the Constabulary Communications Unit (CCU) said team of officers assigned to the Area 2 Narcotics Division seized the ganja during a police /military operation at a beach in Islington, St. Mary on Saturday, August 5.
Reports are that about 3:00 a.m., lawmen carried out a search of four huts in the area where 44 knitted bags and a suitcase, containing 220 parcels of compressed ganja were found. One 40 HP Yamaha Enduro boat engine was also seized. No one was arrested in relation to this seizure.
The illicit drug has an estimated street value of J$68 million.
Investigations continue.
