Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third day of street battles that have killed at least 30 people.

A mentally ill gunman held six airline crew hostage today after forcing his way on to a jet at Jamaica’s Montego Bay airport.

A coroner’s inquest into the killing of Pakistan’s cricket coach will begin in the Jamaican capital on April 23, the lead investigator has revealed.