12/11/2014
SAN JUAN – A group of Jamaican immigrants has established an international drug trafficking operation in Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad Express reported Wednesday, citing an intelligence report.
The newspaper, which claimed to have exclusive access to the document, said the gang has forged ties with drug cartels in South America.
The ring uses Jamaican nationals to smuggle marijuana from their homeland into Trinidad, where the pot is sometimes bartered for South American cocaine that is transported to Jamaica to be repackaged for the North American and European markets.
In other cases, the Jamaican marijuana travels via Trinidad and Tobago to countries such as Canada.
The Oct. 15 report says that Jamaican drug traffickers set up shop in Trinidad “due to a lack of trust in Trinidadian drug-trafficking organizations,” which have a reputation for double-crossing their foreign business partners.
The Jamaican outfit pays Trinidadians up to TTD 500 ($78) for the use of their identities to facilitate the entry into the country of drug couriers from Jamaica.
The couriers, known as mules, make $1,500-$2,000 per journey, the Trinidad Express said.
“While drug trafficking is the primary area of illegal activity of Jamaican nationals in this country, the depth and breadth of their involvement warrant definite attention and monitoring,” the report concluded.
In October, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of National Security barred 13 Jamaican nationals from entering the twin-island nation and deported them back to Jamaica.
The incident spurred Jamaican opposition foreign affairs spokesman Edmund Bartlett to demand that Kingston press Port-of-Spain to comply with Caribbean Community accords mandating free movement of people among member-states.
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SAN JUAN – A group of Jamaican immigrants has established an international drug trafficking operation in Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad Express reported Wednesday, citing an intelligence report.The newspaper, which claimed to have exclusive access to the document, said the gang has forged ties with drug cartels in South America.
The ring uses Jamaican nationals to smuggle marijuana from their homeland into Trinidad, where the pot is sometimes bartered for South American cocaine that is transported to Jamaica to be repackaged for the North American and European markets.
In other cases, the Jamaican marijuana travels via Trinidad and Tobago to countries such as Canada.
The Oct. 15 report says that Jamaican drug traffickers set up shop in Trinidad “due to a lack of trust in Trinidadian drug-trafficking organizations,” which have a reputation for double-crossing their foreign business partners.
The Jamaican outfit pays Trinidadians up to TTD 500 ($78) for the use of their identities to facilitate the entry into the country of drug couriers from Jamaica.
The couriers, known as mules, make $1,500-$2,000 per journey, the Trinidad Express said.
“While drug trafficking is the primary area of illegal activity of Jamaican nationals in this country, the depth and breadth of their involvement warrant definite attention and monitoring,” the report concluded.
In October, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of National Security barred 13 Jamaican nationals from entering the twin-island nation and deported them back to Jamaica.
The incident spurred Jamaican opposition foreign affairs spokesman Edmund Bartlett to demand that Kingston press Port-of-Spain to comply with Caribbean Community accords mandating free movement of people among member-states.
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