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the island illegally.

According to Lecky, over the past weekend, a Haitian national was arrested during another major operation in which more than 15,000 pounds of ganja was seized in Trelawny.

“This frequency indicates elevated risks posed to the country by criminals who are illegally harbouring their counterparts from abroad who could infect citizens with the COVID-19,” said the senior policeman.

“While investigations in these incidents are ongoing, the police are appealing to citizens to report any activities relating to the handling of dangerous drugs and the presence of any foreign nationals, who are suspected to be in the island illegally,” added Lecky.

Despite the arrest, and in some cases the extradition of topflight drug dealers from western Jamaica, the region remains a hotbed of drug smuggling between Jamaican criminals and their counterparts in Central and South America. Gangsters from the region have also been linked with the guns-for-drugs trade, involving Haitians.