British man charged after cocaine seizure at Jamaican airport

A British man who was arrested on Saturday following the alleged discovery of US$420,000 price of cocaine in his baggage on the Sangster Worldwide Airport in Montego has been charged.

He’s 64-year-old Alan Reid, a farmer from Parchmore Street, Thornton Heath, England, and Scarborough district, St Ann.

He has been charged with conspiracy, possession, dealing, and making an attempt to export cocaine.

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Reid, additionally charged with possessing and making an attempt to export ganja, is to look within the St James Parish Court docket on October 12, 2022.

Reid reportedly had his baggage searched at round 3:20 p.m. as he checked in for a flight to Manchester, England.

The police reported that two of his luggage contained about 8.5 kilograms of cocaine that had been hidden in false compartments.

Detectives from the Narcotics Division investigated the matter.

Reid was questioned and charged on Wednesday with breaches of the Harmful Medicine Act.