Jamaica Transnational Crimes and Narcotics Division

Transnational Crimes and Narcotics Division is reporting that 53 people were arrested last month for ingesting and attempting to export drugs at the country’s two international airports. The number includes men and women. In addition the division says two persons died. One of the two died after ingesting marijuana while the other died after ingesting cocaine pellets. The Transnational Crimes and Narcotics division says a number of the people caught before September are now hospitalized after ingesting drug pellets which broke.