Over 1,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$25 million or J$3.7 billion was seized in St Mary on Friday, law enforcement sources have revealed.
Read more: Cocaine worth $3.7b seized at Ian Fleming airport
The sentencing of Cocoa Piece killer Rushane Barnett has been set for October 20 in the Home Circuit Court.
Read more: Clarendon Massacre Butcher to be Sentenced October 20
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has pulled the death penalty as a sentencing option for Rushane Barnett, the Trelawny man charged for the June 21 murder of his cousin and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Chapelton, Clarendon.
Read more: Death Penalty Off the Cards for Cocoa Piece Murderer
Jamaicans are being advised to monitor an area of disturbed weather which is approaching the Caribbean.
A Jamaican great-grandmother who has terminal cancer in the UK has begged the Home Office to resolve her immigration status before she dies, but it has reportedly refused to expedite the case.