{
  "id": 13685214,
  "title": "‘Downright robbery’ - Customs boss claims some courier companies including ‘customs fees’ in customer charges even when costs not imposed by state agency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/downright-robbery-customs-boss-claims-some-courier-companies",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-11T05:07:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261011/downright-robbery-customs-boss-claims-some-courier-companies-including"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The practice by some courier companies of covertly imposing charges on customers and attributing them to customs fees when no such costs have been levied by the Jamaica Customs Agency is being described as “downright robbery”. Arguing that many courier companies were “abusing” the system, Kirk Benjamin, chief executive officer of Jamaica Customs, said the agency’s customer service team has had to…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}