An experience similar to Manda's

[Lady Jane]

My first trip to JA was March 1982 We had a direct charter out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Everyone on the plane were staying at the same hotel or most of us anyway. One girl was African Canadian and got so sunburned on the first day that she spent the rest of her vacation in bed. She thought her brown skin wouldn't burn. Duh
And 2 young guys from the charter, well I guess we were all young then , about 20 yeras old. These 2 guys has rastas hanging out at their room/balcony all the time.
When we went to the airport in MoBay, one of the 2 of the guys got pulled aside, the other went through. The one that was free went directly to the washroom where he put a block of coke behind the toilet which was very quickly retrieved by the police. They found him and he was arrested as well. About a week later it was in our Halifax newspaper.
And a friends brother was a mule for a guy and got caught leaving Mobay. His family called me ( I was living in Grand Cayman at the time) to see what I could do. Nothing of course except tell them to get all the money they had to get him out of there ASAP. It was scary for Tim, alone in JA in a cell with LOTS of Jamaican men. They took everything he owned.

[me no sen]

1982 a friend filled a carving with oil. He cleared custom at JFK and told his buddy that he needed to get something out of his suitcase!!!!

[Sweet_Dawta]

. It was scary for Tim, alone in JA in a cell with LOTS of Jamaican men. They took everything he owned.

Based on what was happening I was scared to death about having my butt thrown in a Jamaican jail. My father was a cop so I have seen the inside of many, very tiny and crowded. However based on Bertha's response to my challenge, I was comforted by the fact that in Jamaica jail they might take everything but our BU++s would be safe:-) I am glad I was able to 'get over' the fear and hate of what happened in time to return with my kids.