The Monetary Investigations Division (FID) has obtained a $1.5 million money settlement and the forfeiture of a motorized vehicle as a part of asset-recovery motion linked to a drug-trafficking matter in Manchester.
In keeping with an official launch on Friday, the restoration stems from a July 25, 2024 operation involving members of the Jamaica Constabulary Pressure’s Firearm and Narcotics Investigation Division, supported by a freeway patrol group. In the course of the operation, officers intercepted a 2013 Toyota Corolla Axio being pushed by Mahlon Davis close to Hatfield within the parish.
Regulation enforcement personnel reported {that a} search of the automobile uncovered packaged plant materials resembling ganja, together with two hid rectangular parcels marked “NASA” that contained substances resembling cocaine.
Davis was subsequently charged and later convicted within the Manchester Parish Courtroom for a number of breaches of the Harmful Medicine Act, together with trafficking and possession of each ganja and cocaine. The court docket imposed a number of penalties, together with fines and custodial phrases. For ganja trafficking, he was fined $105,816 or six months’ imprisonment, and $15,000 or six months for possession. For cocaine offences, he was fined $500,000 with a four-month sentence suspended for 2 years for trafficking, and $500,000 or six months for possession.
Following the prison convictions, the matter superior to the Manchester Circuit Courtroom beneath Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act to handle forfeiture and monetary penalties. Courtroom filings dated January 8, 2026, positioned the profit derived from the prison conduct at roughly $5.1 million.
Underneath the agreed settlement phrases, Davis is required to pay $1.5 million by supervisor’s cheque to the Accountant Common’s Division and give up the Toyota Corolla Axio to the FID with clear title. He should additionally settle an impressive mortgage stability of about $98,000, together with any gathered curiosity, owed to the monetary establishment that financed the automobile.
The court docket additionally approved the commanding officer of the Firearm and Narcotics Investigation Division in Mandeville to launch the automobile to the implementing authority as soon as the official order is delivered.
Courtney Smith, FID’s director of authorized companies, stated the outcome highlights the company’s continued use of the Proceeds of Crime framework to take away monetary positive aspects linked to criminality and guarantee lawful restoration of tainted property.
