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Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey
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Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey
By Prince Moore
Five men have been charged in relation to the largest cocaine bust in Jamaica's history.
The men were taken into custody following the seizure of 5,569 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$76 million or nearly J$12 billion.
The seizure and arrests were made on August 6 in Havendale, St. Andrew, during an anti-narcotics operation by a team of police officers from the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID).
Those arrested are 57-year-old Clive Roy Davis, 58-year-old Collin Ricketts, 51-year old George Sterling, 42-year-old Clayton Peart, and 72-year-old Junior Haldane.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey said the men are all from Kingston addresses.
They were charged on Friday with possession of cocaine, dealing in, trafficking and conspiracy to traffic cocaine.
DCP Bailey reported that on August 6, FNID officers, with support from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch raided and searched a two-storey property and a Toyota Hiace vehicle, when they discovered several knitted bags containing packages with cocaine.
The accused have been interviewed in the presence of their attorneys and remain in police custody.
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