Ganja found under grass

An estimated $4 million worth of ganja was hidden under bales of grass in a truck along the Fullerswood main road in St Elizabeth on Monday.

Reports from the Police are that about 4:30 p.m., the lawmen were conducting a vehicular checkpoint operation when they signalled the driver of an Isuzu motor truck to stop. The driver complied; however, he then ran from the truck and escaped in the area.

The truck was seized and later searched. Several bags of compressed ganja weighing approximately 1,065 pounds were found hidden under bales of grass.

This latest seizure comes on the heels of a reported uptick in antinarcotics activity by the Jamaica