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Troy Ingleton Charged After Cocaine Found in Luggage at Norman Manley Airport

Flight attendant Troy Ingleton was charged after police alleged cocaine was found in his luggage at Norman Manley International Airport. A search of his Kingston home also recovered a licensed firearm and ammunition.

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4 reports from 3 outlets · First reported Wed, Oct 14

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Updated Oct 17, 2026

Police said Troy Ingleton was charged after 3.4 kilogrammes of cocaine were allegedly found in his airport luggage.
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Police later seized a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition from Ingleton’s Kingston home.
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A second man was arrested in a separate airport search, and the two cocaine seizures totalled more than nine kilogrammes.
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The coverage does not report a court date, further charges, or the investigation’s outcome.
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Oct 15, 2026

Flight attendant charged for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine at Kingston airport

Jamaican-American flight attendant Troy Ingleton, 49, has been charged after police say 3.4 kilogrammes of cocaine were found in his luggage at Norman Manley International Airport while he was preparing to fly to New York. Investigators later searched his Kingston home and seized a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition.

Oct 15, 2026

Flight attendant charged after cocaine bust at NMIA

A Jamaican-American flight attendant, Troy Ingleton, was arrested at Norman Manley International Airport after security allegedly found 3.4 kilogrammes of cocaine in his luggage, worth about $2.9 million. Police later searched his Kingston home and seized a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition, deepening the case against him.

Oct 15, 2026

Two arrested in cocaine, gun seizure

Police arrested two men at Norman Manley International Airport after separate searches turned up 9 kilograms of cocaine in total, including packages found in the luggage of a flight attendant and another passenger bound for Canada. A follow-up search at one man’s Kingston home also uncovered a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition, raising concerns about airport drug smuggling and related firearm trafficking.

Oct 15, 2026

Flight attendant among two held in NMIA cocaine seizures

Two men, including a flight attendant, were arrested at Norman Manley International Airport on Monday after police found more than 9 kilogrammes of cocaine in separate luggage searches. A later search at the flight attendant’s Kingston home uncovered a licensed 9mm pistol and more than 120 rounds of ammunition, underscoring the ongoing drug-trafficking risk at Jamaica’s main airport.

Troy Ingleton Charged After Cocaine Found in Luggage at Norman Manley Airport

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