JAMAICAN POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 51 SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS AND RECOVERE...

World | April 19, 2002, Friday // 00:00

Jamaican police have arrested 51 suspected drug smugglers and recovered 2,502 cocaine-filled condoms they had swallowed. The operation also netted nearly $1 million in suspected drug money. The crackdown had forced traffickers to use more difficult methods to smuggle drugs, according to police drugs officials. Most of the operation took place at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport. Police believe the crackdown led to nearly 100 passengers failing to turn up for a flight to Britain.

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