Cocaine, Marijuana Discovered on Air Jamaica Flight to Philadelphia

Philadelphia U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Philadelphia International Airport discovered a little over nine pounds of cocaine and marijuana in eight packages stowed aboard an Air Jamaica flight Sunday after an alert crew member notified CBP officers of the suspicious packages. The cocaine has a street value of just over $40,000 and the marijuana street value is estimated at just over $4,000. The four packages of cocaine weighed about 4.45 combined pounds, and the four packages of marijuana weighed about 4.65 combined pounds. Each package was wrapped tightly in brown tape and concealed in the top sliding drawer of a catering cart in the rear galley area. CBP officers boarded the airplane and seized the narcotics. The flight, which originated in Kingston, Jamaica, stopped in Montego Bay, Jamaica, before terminating in Philadelphia about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. No arrests were made. The drugs will be destroyed.