A senior police officer is in custody following the seizure of a big amount of cocaine throughout a focused anti-narcotics operation in Kingston on Thursday night time.
The accused, a 51-year-old police inspector assigned to administrative duties on the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Department, was arrested together with two different males throughout an operation performed by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID). Investigators estimate the illicit medicine seized have a avenue worth of as much as $100 million.
The operation unfolded at a bar within the Woodford Park space of Kingston 4, the place FNID personnel, performing on intelligence, carried out surveillance linked to suspected drug exercise. On the location, officers recognized three automobiles linked to patrons on the institution, together with one reportedly belonging to the police inspector.
The 2 different people taken into custody are a 43-year-old member of the Jamaica Defence Pressure and a 37-year-old mechanic. All three males reside in St Catherine and had been arrested on cheap suspicion of breaches of the Harmful Medicine Act. Their identities are being withheld pending the laying of formal prices.
Based on FNID, the house owners of the automobiles had been requested to consent to searches. Whereas two of the automobiles had been examined, investigators reported that the police inspector initially declined to permit entry to his car. A senior FNID officer was summoned to the scene, and upon her arrival, the inspector reportedly disclosed that cocaine was contained in the automotive.
All three automobiles had been secured and transported to FNID headquarters, the place a search of the inspector’s car was performed in his presence. Investigators reportedly found 5 rectangular packages hid in a white plastic bag on the rear ground of the car. The parcels, wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic, contained a white powdery substance resembling cocaine.
The medicine had been discovered to weigh roughly 5.8 kilogrammes, or 12.5 kilos.
In the course of the operation, FNID additionally seized a Glock service pistol, three magazines, and 53 rounds of ammunition, together with the inspector’s Jamaica Constabulary Pressure identification, a holster, and a Galaxy Notice 9 mobile phone. The remaining two automobiles had been sealed and secured at headquarters pending additional examination.
Investigators later performed a follow-up search on the inspector’s residence, which reportedly yielded no unlawful gadgets.
The police inspector is presently being held on the Half-Means Tree Police Lock-Up as investigations proceed.
