Cocaine in Jamaica bust was in timber shipment

Khurshid Sattaur

The cocaine found by Jamaican authorities on a vessel from Guyana was reportedly packed in five bags stashed in timber that was being transported in a container.

Stabroek News has been reliably informed that the cocaine, which weighed 122.65 kilogrammes, was found in the bags aboard the Vega Azurit. Reports are that the vessel, which left from the John Fernandes Wharf, is said to be one that