JAMAICA CUSTOMS AGENCY

Seizure Summary for 2023

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Executive Summary
This document highlights the different seizures of illegal drugs, cash, and munitions that were detected in the calendar year 2023. A statisticalrepresentation of these detections is presented under the following headings:
1. Seizure by Parish▪ Origin▪ Destination
2. Seizure by Country▪ Origin▪ Destination
In 2023, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) recorded a total of Two Hundred and Sixty- Two (262) seizures at the nation’s sea and airports. A
breakdown of the detections by month is shown in the table below.

MONTHJanuary
FebruaryMarch

TOTAL SEIZURE
242830April
MayJuneJuly
AugustSeptember
OctoberNovember
DecemberGrand Total

4123305139272012262
Page 2The categories for these seizures are captured in the table below under the column titled- COMMODITY.

COMMODITYFREQUENCYOF
SEIZURESWEIGHT/QUANTITY

STREET VALUEDESCRIPTION OF
ITEMS SEIZEDMARIJUANA

138

1,087.687 KGS*

JM$ 11,989,695.00-COCAINE

701,617.983 KGS*

JM$ 2,758,661,015.00-

CRACK COCAINE

0---HASHISH

1Pending

Pending-

MDMAs (MOLLY,ECSTASY)
CASH

4105 Pills*--1412 USD
1 GBP
1 JMD

US$ 87,765.00;-£15,965.00 &JM$ 8,850.00

MUNITIONS(FIREARMS,AMMUNITION AND
PARTS/ACCESSORIES)

35--

FIREARMS & AMMUNITION*91 FIREARMS*3,489 ASSORTED ROUNDS(Fifty (50) precision-made cartridges(PMC) .22 rounds of ammunition.;thirty- eight (38) rounds ofammunition (0.380; Five (5) roundsof luger 9mm ammunition.; 22
Assorted rounds; 2 Firearms; 22firearms; 68 assorted rounds; 59firearms; 107 assorted rounds; One(1) Davis Industries model # p380
cal auto pistol (serial numbererased); 4 (9mm) pistols; one (1).380 kel-tec pistol; 906 rounds; one
thousand (1000) 9mm ammunition;
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one (1) box federal syntech 9mmluger; one (1) disassembled citori
steel 12ga 2 3/4 " and 3" shotgun
s/n 15737zy131; one (1) USA
Glock 17 pistol slide sn# acln607
with optics; ninety-three (93)assorted rounds).

FIREARM PARTS &ACCESSORIES*211 FIREARM PARTS &ACCESSORIES.
*OTHER SMALL FIREARMACCESSORIES.
(1 Glock conversion kit, and 1
drum magazine; One (1) handgun
lower receiver & one (1) magazine
extender (+2); 1 pistol barrel; 2extended Glock magazines (30rounds capacity each); One (1)Vedder holster.; 850 9mm rounds &350 12-gauge rounds; 58 magazines;
3 magazines; 22 magazines.; Five (5)metal retractable batons, five (5)fabric baton holsters, one (1) baton
holder (hard plastic), and one (1)handcuff holster; four (4)magazines; 8 magazines, 2 gun
holsters; one (1) omega chamberlock system, two (2) choke tube
system and seventy-four (74) 12ga
herter's cartridges; two (2) 1 click=moa optics, two (2) d1 glock optics
plate, two (2) optics plate, one (1)Page 4

27 capacity glock magazine sn#3370252, three (3) gun recoil spring,one (1) firing pin, other small
firearm accessories/ tools; one (1)magazine floor plate; one (1)magazine locking plate; 1 gun grip;
one (1) magazine spring, one (1)follower).

NB*: Majority of the weights are pending for the contraband type –Marijuana and Cocaine.

Page 5Seizures by Parish: Origin and Destination
The table and graph below capture the number of seizures by parish for 2023:

Origin of Seizures by Parish
ParishKingston/StAndrew
St James

No. of Seizures
Parish of Origin
46

Number of Seizure by Parish (Seizure byOrigin)

23

Westmoreland

12Hanover

1

Trelawny

1

St Ann7

St Catherine34

St Mary

1

Manchester

10St Thomas

4

St Elizabeth

14

Clarendon

6

Portland7

Unknown
TOTAL

2
168

50
4030
20
10046
34
2312117101144672

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Destination of Seizures by Parish

ParishKingston/St
Andrew
St James
Westmoreland
Hanover
Trelawny

No. of Seizures
Destination Parish3422362St Ann
St Catherine
St Mary
Manchester
St Thomas
St Elizabeth
Clarendon

9520144Portland
Unknown
TOTAL

2094

Number of Seizure by Parish (Seizure byDestination)
40
35
30
25
20
15
1050

34
22

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Seizures by Country: Origin and Destination

The table and graph below capture the number of seizures by country for 2023:

Origin of Seizures by Country
Country of Origin
for Seizures

No. ofSeizures

Countr y of Origin for Seizures

USA8190

UK

470

Canada14Columbia

2Netherland

1818060
50
4030

Unknown

1TOTAL103

1420410211

Columbia

Netherland

Unknown

0USA

UK

CanadaPage 8Destination of Seizures by Country

Country of Destinationfor Seizures
USAUK
CanadaFranceNetherland
ThailandBarbados
Antigua
Trinidad
St Lucia
Dominican Republic
Dominica
BahamasCuracaoGermany
Spain
BermudaGuyanaGrand Cayman
TOTAL

No. ofSeizures
54
47
30
4115
2
11111232111159

Countr y of Destination for Seizures
6050

5447

4030
30
20
1041152111112

3

2

1110

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