Man arrested after Jamaican police seize 78,000 tubes of bleaching cream

One man is now behind bars after police in the Jamaican capital of Kingston seized a large cache of bleaching cream. 

Detectives assigned to the Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime Branch (C-TOC) seized 78,000 tubes/jars of assorted bleaching creams during an operation on Constant Spring Road, on Tuesday, April 11. 

The man, whose identity was not released, has been charged with Breaches of the Pharmacy Act, Food and Drug Act and Customs Act in relation to the find. 

The police report that between midday and 7:00 p.m., lawmen carried out a raid at an establishment when the assorted tubes/jars of bleaching creams were seized. Some of the creams seized are not registered with the Ministry of Health, while others have been classified as List 2 and List 4 drugs that cannot be sold without a prescription.