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Jamaica: St Elizabeth man in US$40m cocaine bust gets 12 year jail sentence

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February 5, 2023

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A 42-year-old St Elizabeth fisherman was on Friday sentenced to an accumulated time of 12 years in prison in the Home Circuit Court following his conviction on drug-related charges.

Daniel Hanson was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to three counts of breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act with which he was charged in 2021.

He was arrested along with two other men on Monday, November 22, 2021, about 9:00 pm, after the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard intercepted a fishing boat off the coast of Black River, St Elizabeth, on which they were travelling with approximately 812 kg of cocaine.

Following an investigation by detectives at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Narcotics Division, all three men were subsequently charged with possession, dealing, importing and trafficking cocaine, and being part of a criminal organisation.

On their appearance before the court Friday, Hanson, who previously pleaded guilty to possession, dealing and importing cocaine, received sentences amounting to 12 years and two months.

However, he may spend a maximum of seven years and seven months in prison, given that some of the sentences are to run consecutively. The charges against the other men were withdrawn.

The drug for which the men were charged had an estimated street value of more than US$40 million.

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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UK: Drug dealer caught with imitation gun and cocaine after swearing at passing police car

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October 19, 2024

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Miguel Mota, 18, was stopped by neighbourhood police officers after he shouted abuse at them and then tried to run. In the video above, the officer can be heard saying “You’re bringing attention to yourself by saying ‘f**k you’ as we drive past you”.

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Dad of Brit facing 60yrs in US prison for ‘trying to smuggle £3.5m in cocaine’ insists she is ‘only guilty of stupidity’

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October 15, 2024

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THE DAD of a Brit beautician facing up to 60 years in jail in the US after allegedly smuggling £3.5million worth of cocaine has insisted she is “only guilty of stupidity”.

John Hall, 59, defended his daughter Kim, 28, after she was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she was waiting for her connecting flight to Manchester.

The dad said she was offered the free holiday by people she met on an earlier trip to Portugal.

And he insisted all she is guilty of is “stupidity and naivety” as they desperately wait for news.

John said that she is “petrified” – and that at first she could barely speak to her family through floods of tears after the arrest.

The dad is convinced that Kim would have been “forced” to carry the drugs “without a shadow of a doubt”.

John told The Sun: “She’s not a drug smuggler.

“She was told that it would be money she was carrying. They got her phone and threatened her family and that’s why she did it.

“She’d been to Portugal with a friend and met people over there who contacted her when she was back saying they were into real estate in Mexico and she could go for a free holiday.

“Her friend declined but she said she would go.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31038866/dad-brit-drug-mule-cocaine-prison/

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