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Reefer Crackdown Cools Jamaican Imports

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Day
15
Month
November
Year
1974
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Reefer Crackdown Cools Jamaican Imports

"Operation Buccaneer," staged jointly by Jamaican police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has seized almost $200 million worth of drugs in Jamaica, mostly high grade marijuana.

The U.S. Government provided $747,000 in equipment to the Jamaicans, provided 25 agents, and loaned four helicopters, three aircraft, and other devices to virtually shut down the Jamaican marijuana industry.

The operation seized 606,276 pounds of marijuana, 6,248 pounds of seeds, 11 pounds of cocaine, four pounds of hash and 13 pounds of hash oil. In addition, 433 acres of marijuana fields were destroyed, and dozens of landing strips used for airlifting reefer into the U.S. were rendered unusable.

Eighty-six people, including a number of Americans, have been arrested, and will be tried by Jamaican courts.

Believing the operation a success, American agents are now being pulled out. According to DEA officials, they smashed the second largest source of marijuana being brought into the U.S.