Montego Bay narcotics agents yesterday spent most of the day in an upscale neighbourhood in the city, where they seized a number of high-end vehicles after taking into custody two well-known businessmen, who they say are major players in the international drug trade...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
By Vivian Tyson
However, attorney George Thomas yesterday questioned the grounds under which his clients had been detained and said he would inform the court of his concerns in a writ of habeas corpus when they appear before the court today.
According to Thomas, the police ignored his requests for an explanation yesterday. "I tried to speak to them and they never responded, so I will be talking to the judge (today)," he told the Observer.
The police's information arm said the men were arrested on "narcotics related charges. after years of joint investigations into the trafficking of large quantities of narcotics from Colombia to the US and the UK via Jamaica". The local operation, the police said, came closely on the heels of the arrest of Colombian drug kingpin Gabriel "Ito" Zuniga and six other persons in Colombia.
The operations, they said, were continuing both inside and outside of Jamaica.
The sting, which began last month with a joint operation between local and British narcotics agents, entered another chapter at about 5:30 pm Tuesday evening when Ramcharan was picked up at the Wyndham Hotel in the Rose Hall area of Montego Bay. His brother, Norman, 48, had already been charged with conspiracy to launder money in the UK on February 7.
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