Tag: Jamaica

  • $13.3 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized at Container Terminal in Kingston, Jamaica; Four Stevedores in Custody

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    July 29: Jamaican police along with a Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) from Jamaica Customs have seized approximately 10.2 kilograms of cocaine worth $13.3 million on a vessel at a container […]

  • Police Probe $17 Million Cocaine Seizure at Port Bustamante, Jamaica

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    May 31: Investigators are probing a $17 million cocaine bust at the Port of Kingston. The cocaine, which weighed 12 kilogrammes, was seized on Thursday.  In a statement Friday, the Jamaica […]

  • Arms Seizure at Kingston Port in Jamaica

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    Law enforcement at Port Bustamante in Kingston disrupted an arms shipment that had arrived from the United States. The shipment contained four high-powered rifles (one AK-47, two M16 rifles, and […]

  • Tradewinds kicks off

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    Multinational exercise kicks off. Major military exercise begins in the Caribbean tomorrow Exercise Tradewinds 2017, a multi-national maritime security and disaster response exercise in the Caribbean, begins tomorrow. The annual […]

  • Jamaica strengthens trafficking laws

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    Country located in the corridor between the main drug-producing and drug-consuming countries. Bill to strengthen fight against illegal drug trade tabled KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Maritime Drug Trafficking (Suppression) […]

  • US donating 17 new patrol boats to Jamaica

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    Ten 27-footeres and seven 37-footers due to boost security. US donating 17 new patrol boats to police, JDF BY VERNON DAVIDSON Jamaica’s law enforcement and defence agencies will, by early […]

  • Davies has maritime safety fears

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    In the wake of recent accidents involving cruise ships, Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr Omar Davies is concerned about Jamaica’s level of preparedness to conduct mass rescue operations. […]

  • IMO Secretary General to Visit Jamaica

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    Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr Koji Sekimizu, will spearhead a delegation of IMO representatives to Jamaica at the end of this month. IMO Secretary General to Visit […]

  • Honduras to define sea border

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    Officials from Honduras and Jamaica will meet Thursday in the Caribbean city of Tela to define maritime borders, Honduran Foreign Minister Arturo Corrales said Monday. Honduras to define sea border […]

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