PNP links scrap metal trade to drugs

[Lazie]

The People’s National Party (PNP) is calling for the Customs Department to say whether a container involved in a recent drug bust in Miami, Florida, was among the shipments of scrap metal exported during the ban.

The PNP says the nearly two tons of marijuana was found in a container of iron oxide shipped from Jamaica about mid-October.

At a press conference today the party’s spokesman on commerce, Anthony Hylton, said the shipment of the drugs coincides with the period during which the Customs Department allowed the export of 97 containers of scrap metal, contrary to the ban.

Hylton says he is not convinced that enough safeguards were put in place when Customs allowed the shipments.

Hylton says the PNP has evidence the drug bust and the scrap metal export breach are connected.

He says given the serious implications of these latest developments, the PNP will be providing the evidence it has to the police as well as the contractor general.

Last month, the PNP revealed information that persons were being allowed to export outside of the conditions outlined by the Cabinet.

The revelation prompted investigation by the industry, investment and commerce ministry which later admitted there had been a breach.

This prompted Industry Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton to order the suspension of all exports.

[Lazie]

I guess they're determined to bring down Danville ... by any means necessary.

[Gamma]

if they have evidence, bring it forward because the allegation is that a serious crime was committed. what is the purose of witholding evidence of a crime.

[Skeng DX]

Nearly 2 tons of marijuana found at Miami port

Someone in Kingston, Jamaica, is missing a lot of marijuana — nearly two tons of it — after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials made their biggest Port of Miami bust in more than two years.

The 3,837 pounds of marijuana was discovered during a routine search of a ship originating in Australia and bound for Colombia, Customs spokeswoman Norma Morfa said. The marijuana is valued at $7.6 million.

The ship stopped in Kingston, where officials say the container holding the marijuana was loaded onto the ship. The marijuana was packed between magnetite, an iron oxide. An investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.

“They’re always trying to come up with different ways of bringing in contraband,” Morfa said. “This was one of the times when I guess they weren’t that smart. It was easy to find ... it wasn’t actually hidden.”

The last time customs officials found so much marijuana in Miami was in February 2009 when they seized 3,428 pounds on a ship bound from Australia to Jamaica. The drugs were loaded in Kingston before the ship came to Miami.

That time, the crew was supposedly carrying containers of wine, but federal officers noticed something unusual during an X-ray. A drug-sniffing dog led them to the marijuana, stuffed in 82 burlap sacks.

The latest shipment, last Friday, was even easier to spot, Morfa said.

“Once you opened the container doors, it was right there,” she said.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/2...ana-found.html

[Lazie]

Someone in Kingston, Jamaica, is missing a lot of marijuana — nearly two tons of it — after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials made their biggest Port of Miami bust in more than two years.

The 3,837 pounds of marijuana was discovered during a routine search of a ship originating in Australia and bound for Colombia, Customs spokeswoman Norma Morfa said. The marijuana is valued at $7.6 million.

The ship stopped in Kingston, where officials say the container holding the marijuana was loaded onto the ship. The marijuana was packed between magnetite, an iron oxide. An investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.

“They’re always trying to come up with different ways of bringing in contraband,” Morfa said. “This was one of the times when I guess they weren’t that smart. It was easy to find ... it wasn’t actually hidden.”

The last time customs officials found so much marijuana in Miami was in February 2009 when they seized 3,428 pounds on a ship bound from Australia to Jamaica. The drugs were loaded in Kingston before the ship came to Miami.

That time, the crew was supposedly carrying containers of wine, but federal officers noticed something unusual during an X-ray. A drug-sniffing dog led them to the marijuana, stuffed in 82 burlap sacks.

The latest shipment, last Friday, was even easier to spot, Morfa said.

“Once you opened the container doors, it was right there,” she said.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/2...ana-found.html

Interesting article SkengD.

[Lazie]

Have to admit .... the PNP is slick with how they do things. They push the lies knowing their foot soldiers will simply run wid it .... and by the time the truth comes out .... it doesn't matter.

I wonder what would be the reaction of the truth crusaders if the tables were turned? Dem woulda get militant.

[Sickko]

It has been in the news here since yesterday but maybe not on NNN thus you might have missed it

[Lazie]

It has been in the news here since yesterday but maybe not on NNN thus you might have missed it

.... why attempt to take a shot at NNN? Its the only news talk that went to into this story.