THE GLEANER MINUTE: $100m drug bust...Gangster killed...FLA dismissal challenge...Asset tax cut?
Aug 29th, 2017 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:30AUGUST 29, 2017: The Narcotics Police seized cocaine worth $100 million at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT)… Hanover Police's Most Wanted Delroy 'Eye' Roach was shot dead in a confrontation with the police… Three former employees of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) are to bring a claim against the authority for wrongful dismissal… Finance Minister Audley Shaw says the government is prepared to reduce the asset tax for financial institutions if they commit to lowering interest rates… IN SPORTS: The West Indies beats England in an away test match for the first time in 17 years.
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