DRUG BUST: Jamaica seizes $80m worth of cocaine from cargo ship

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KINGSTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) — Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated $80m worth of cocaine from a ship at the port of Kingston in one of the country's biggest drug busts, authorities said.

Jamaican officials discovered the shipment hidden inside a cargo ship from South America, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said in a statement late on Saturday, putting its estimated street value at $80-million.

Transnational criminal organisations have long used Jamaica as a hub to move weapons and drugs, including sending cocaine to North America and Europe.

 

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