Majuro Atoll Local Police searched the national police jail in Uliga on 3 August 2024 and found marijuana, crystal meth, cash, mobile phones and alcohol in prisoners' cells. The raid followed a sting in which an inmate sold methamphetamine to a police informant. Two inmates were later charged with drug offences, one with unlawful possession of marijuana and the other with unlawful selling of prohibited drugs. A police informant said packages brought by families were not being thoroughly searched.[1][2]
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References
- Marshall Islands Journal — Local police raid national jail (15 August 2024)Search of the MIPD jail on 3 August 2024; drugs found and charges foreshadowed
- Marshall Islands Journal — Inmates to trial on drug charges (5 December 2024)Charges against Lennon Declaro and Ranson Riklon; preliminary hearings on 20 and 22 November 2024
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