The World - News from April 10, 1989

Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley dismissed all private security companies at the nation’s two international airports after last week’s seizure of an Air Jamaica plane in Miami in a drug-smuggling case. Manley said that “a combination of monumental corruption and negligence” allowed nearly two tons of marijuana to be shipped on the state-owned airliner. An Air Jamaica cargo supervisor and an unidentified suspect in Miami were arrested in connection with the drug shipment. He also said Air Jamaica has dismissed all employees involved in loading the plane.