KINGSTON, Jamaica — The son of a convicted transnational drug trafficker, who was charged for breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act, has been granted bail.

Twenty-year-old Andre Paul Hamilton who was charged with multiple counts of money laundering, was offered bail in the sum J$5 million when he appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court today (August 19).

Hamilton was arrested last Thursday by the Major Organised Crime and Anti- Corruption Agency (MOCA) in the Kingston 6 area, and formally charged on Monday.

He is scheduled to appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on September 12.

Young Hamilton’s arrest and charge is the latest in a series of arrests resulting from a joint investigation by MOCA and the Financial Investigations Division (FID) into a case of money laundering and other financial crimes involving his father Andrew Hamilton.

Said to be a former member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the elder Hamilton is serving time in the US on drug trafficking charges.

On December 17 last year three female relatives of Hamilton and an attorney-at-law were arrested for money laundering.

The four women who were offered bail at $10 million each will next appear in court on September 10.