Cops nab four in drug bust

Police and customs officials seized approximately 10.2 kilograms of cocaine on a vessel at a Kingston Container Terminal on Sunday, July 28.

Reports are that about 3:15 a.m., while the containers were being offloaded from the vessel which arrived from Colombia, eight packages of cocaine were found in the possession of one of the stevedores by members of the team.

The police and the Jamaica Customs Contraband Enforcement Team were contacted, and a search of the vessel revealed an additional 10 packages of cocaine concealed under the spare anchor on the bow. Four stevedores were taken into custody. The drug has an estimated street value of $13.3 million.