Six people charged for ganja bust in Portland
The Narcotics Police have now charged the six men arrested following a ganja bust in Portland last month.
Charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, and taking steps preparatory to export ganja are Romaine Wright, 30, a higgler of Mike Town district, Manchester, Damian Williams, 41, a mason of Junction, St Elizabeth, Dennis Allen, 59, a farmer of Grants Pen Avenue, Kingston 8, Twenty-one-year-old Trent Walker of Annotto Bay, St Mary, Raymond Foster, 33, a fisherman of Hart Street, Kingston 4 and Gregory Forbes, 42, farmer of Robins Bay, St. Mary.
On Saturday, May 29, the Narcotics Police were called in when the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard intercepted a 30-foot boat at Robin's Bay in Portland.
The police say the vessel searched, and 35 knitted bags containing 861.5 pounds of compressed ganja found.
According to the police, the ganja has an estimated street value of $3.5 million.
The six persons on the vessel were arrested.
They were charged jointly and are scheduled to appear in the St Mary Parish Court on Wednesday, June 9.
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