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26 lbs Of Weed Falls From The Sky Into Family’s Carport
Via The Associated Press– Maya Donnelly awoke to what sounded like thunder in the early morning hours, but dismissed it as a typical monsoon storm and went back to sleep.
Later that morning, she looked in the carport at her home in Nogales, near the U.S.-Mexico border, and saw pieces of wood on the ground. She found a bulky bundle wrapped in black plastic.
Inside was roughly 26 pounds of marijuana — a package that authorities say was worth $10,000 and likely was dropped there accidentally by a drug smuggler’s aircraft.
“It’s all right on top of our dog’s house,” Donnelly said of the Sept. 8 incident, which was first reported by the Nogales International newspaper. “It just made a perfectly round hole through our carport.”
Living near the border, Donnelly said she assumed the object was drugs. She immediately called her husband, Bill, who told her to call 911.
The couple said officers who responded told them an ultralight aircraft smuggling marijuana from Mexico had probably let part of its load go early by accident before dropping the rest farther north, the newspaper reported.
Nogales Police Chief Derek Arnson said it’s the first time in his three-year tenure that he’s ever seen a load of drugs hit a building.
“Someone definitely made a mistake, and who knows what the outcome of that mistake might be for them,” Arnson said.
Police are trying to determine whether the bundle was transported by an aircraft or a pilotless drone. Such runs usually occur at night.
Maya Donnelly said she thinks it’s unlikely someone will come looking for the drugs, which are now in police custody. Arnson agreed but said police have boosted patrols in the Donnellys neighborhood for now.
The family will have to pay the estimated $500 in repairs, as well as pay for a new home for their German Shepherd, Hulk. But the scenario could have been much worse for the couple and their three teenage daughters.
“Where it landed was clear on the other side of the house from the bedrooms,” Maya Donnelly said. “We were lucky in that sense.”
Friends and family also have gotten a laugh. Several joked that the couple could have profited from the surprise package.
“That’s what everybody says: ‘Why did you call 911?'” Maya Donnelly said. “But how can you have a clear conscience, right? We could have made lots of home repairs with that.”
Soldiers Came Under Heavy Fire From Dudus Coke Gunmen, Major Testifies
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Major, whose unit was responsible for helping to place a cordon around Tivoli Gardens in May 2010, testified yesterday that it is plausible that then ‘area don’ Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke could have escaped the community through his sector.
Major Kevron Henry was responding to questions from Tivoli Enquiry commission member Professor Anthony Harriott when he said that Coke could have slipped out of the community because his unit had faced difficulties closing the cordon due to intense resistance from gunmen.
During earlier evidence, Henry had said that the gunfire was so intense that it took his unit three hours to move a distance of 500 metres.
he major, whose unit was also tasked with the responsibility of preventing gunmen outside of Tivoli Gardens entering the community, gave evidence that 16 bodies were found in his sector which covers Denham Town and the Coronation Market.
And in response to questions from Lord Gifford, who is representing the Office of the Public Defender, Henry said that none of the men with him reported shooting anyone.
The commission is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of 73 people during the operation to apprehend Coke, who was wanted by the United States at the time.
The commission is also looking into how Coke could have escaped the community. Coke was apprehended in late June 2010 while travelling in the vehicle of Rev Al Miller. He said he was on his way to the US Embassy in Kingston to surrender himself.
Yesterday, Henry told the professor that his unit arrived at Pechon Street at 11:00 am and never gained immediate control of the area. He said it wasn’t until 4:00 pm that his unit took control of Foxy’s Plaza from gunmen.
Questioned by commission Chairman Sir David Simmons on Coke’s escape, Henry said it was plausible he left the area on foot or in a motor vehicle.
Earlier, during his examination-in-chief led by JDF attorney Linton Gordon, Henry spoke of heavy gunfire from gunmen that kept them pinned down on the roof of Foxy’s Plaza. He said his unit was also fired on from the high-rise buildings in Tivoli Gardens and that criminals fired on a helicopter that came to conduct reconnaissance. Videos of them being pinned down in Foxy’s Plaza were also played for the commission.
He said his unit was still under fire the following day.
Henry told Jamaica Constabulary Force attorney Deborah Martin that he had never seen such coordinated attacks by gunmen.
He said the gunmen appeared “well prepared” for the offensive by the security forces.
At one point, he gave evidence that the gunmen were driving his unit into a “kill zone” with strategic gunfire and that sections of roads were blocked.
The JDF Major testified that a number of grenades, explosives and various makes of weapons were found during a search after the operation. He described Chestnut Lane in West Kingston as an armoury shop because of the number of weapons found in premises there.
The enquiry will resume at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on October 20. Jamaica Gleaner reports.
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