WOMAN ARRESTED AS SECURITY FORCES SEIZE J$1.4m FOUND IN BOOKS, DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY SEARCH IN ST. JAMES!

Some J$1.4 million and US$8,400 (approximately J$1 million) cash was seized by members of security forces operating in Montego Bay, St James, under the state of emergency.

One woman was arrested in connection with the seizure that took place at a house in the Bottom Pen community on Tuesday.

Major Basil Jarrett of the Jamaica Defence Force, said the cash was found hidden between pages of several books and in a cupboard.