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Man arrested after trying to flee NMIA with $12m worth of cocaine

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By Micaiah Morgan

A forty-eight-year-old man was arrested and charged after he attempted to smuggle cocaine through the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday.

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Charged is Allister Christie from an Above Rocks, St Catherine, Jamaica address and Mississauga, Ontario address in Canada.

According to police reports, Christie checked in at the airport to board a flight destined for Canada.

However, the police said that during security procedures, several anomalies were detected, and Christie attempted to flee the airport. 

He was accosted and searched when the drug was reportedly found on him. 

He was taken into custody. 

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The illicit drug has an estimated street value of $12 million.

Christie was charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, taking steps to export cocaine; and conspiracy to export cocaine.

He is to appear before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on May 9.

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