The Jamaican Observer News has reported a 300 pound cocaine bust on the island. According to the news report the drugs were found in two of six transshipment containers that arrived on the island from Guyana en route to Haiti and China.
According to the newspapers, while searching the containers, Narcotics Police accompanied by members of the Jamaican Customs Contraband Enforcement Team reportedly found a total of 122 packages (110 in one and 12 in another), each with compressed white substance resembling cocaine.
The total weight of the drugs is approximately 139.4 kilograms (307 pounds) and the estimated street value is US$6.59 million. No one has been arrested in connection with the seizure so far the papers said.