Detectives assigned to the Narcotics Division seized 2,500 pounds of compressed ganja during an operation in Guts River, Manchester on Friday, September 28.

Reports are that about 1:00 p.m., lawmen were in the area when a vegetated area was searched and 27 knitted plastic bags were found containing compressed ganja, which was subsequently seized. The illicit drug has an estimated street value of J$10 million.

No one was arrested in relation to the seizure.

Investigations continue.

Franklin McKnight