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Jamaica police seize 2,000 pounds of pot after driver flees
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Authorities in Jamaica have seized 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of marijuana from a car after its driver fled.
Police said late Sunday that the drugs were found inside the abandoned auto in St. Elizabeth parish. Officials said they earlier tried to stop the vehicle during an anti-narcotics operation on Saturday night.
It was the second such seizure in less than a week.
Another 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of the drug were seized last Thursday near the island’s northeast coast.
Jamaica relaxed its laws for small amounts of pot last year, allowing cultivation of five or fewer plants by any household. Possession of up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana can result in a roughly $5 ticket but not in an arrest or a criminal record.
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