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DEFENCE attorney Peter Champagnie has accused the police of playing "hot potato" with the health of his client Robert Chin, the man who has been charged in connection with the $90-million cocaine seizure at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday.

The Narcotics Division has now formally charged 56-year-old Robert Chin of Mona in Kingston 6, in relation to the seizure of 12 kilograms of cocaine at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday, January 2.

Over 12 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$600,000 or $90,603,000 was seized at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday.

Eight Americans were convicted for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act when they appeared before the St Ann Parish Court on Tuesday, November 29.

A British woman was brought to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday in connection with cocaine allegedly being found in her luggage as she was checking in to board a flight to London from the Norman Manley International Airport.

A British national arrested on Saturday has been charged after US$420,000 worth of cocaine was allegedly found in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.

ABritish national was arrested Saturday after being held with US$400,000 worth of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.

Over 1,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$25 million or J$3.7 billion was seized in St Mary on Friday, law enforcement sources have revealed.