Gov’t defends pulling CANU from wharves

Government has defended the decision to remove Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks from wharves, saying that the handing over its responsibilities to personnel from the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA) was a “calculated risk” that was based on restructuring.

Criticisms of the move, which happened last year, flowed following the recent interception by Jamaican authorities of 122.65 kilos of cocaine on board a ship