A JOINT police/military operation in the upscale community of Smokey Vale in upper St. Andrew, yesterday netted an estimated 5,000 pounds of compressed ganja.

Up to press time last night, police were investigating the find.

Senior Superintendent of Police Carlton Wilson, the narcotics chief, had said Jamaica has "intensified its operations with a view to removing Jamaica's name from the major drugs list".

National Security Minister Derrick Smith said last week that Government will work overtime to fight the drug trade.

As part of the approach, members of the Narcotics Police have been camping out in Westmoreland, a parish infamous for ganja production, with a view to destroying the crops being grown there.