Detectives assigned to the Firearms & Narcotics Investigation Division have charged the flight attendant who was held with a quantity of cocaine at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport on Monday.
He is 49-year-old Troy Ingleton, a dual citizen of Jamaica and the United States.
Ingleton was charged on Wednesday with the offences of Possession of Cocaine, Dealing in Cocaine, Attempting to Export Cocaine and Conspiracy to Export Cocaine, and he's cheduled to appear before the Kingston & St. Andrew Parish Court on October 20.
Detectives say charges are pending for other offences after a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition were seized during a search of the flight attendant's Kingston residence.
It was reported that, about 8:00 am., on October 12, Ingleton arrived at the airport to board a flight destined for New York. During routine security screening, anomalies were reportedly detected in his luggage, which was searched.
A pouch containing two rectangular packages of cocaine, weighing 3.4 kilograms or 7.5 pounds, was reportedly found.
The illicit drug has an estimated street value of J$2.9 million.
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