16 pounds of compressed marijuana discovered in barrel at the Port

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REAL NEWS: Almost $100,000 worth of marijuana was seized on Wednesday, February 8, during another joint drug-interdiction operation at the Deep Water Harbour.

Reports say that officers from the Narcotics Department and Customs Enforcement Unit went on duty at the port at about 1:40 p.m.

During the operation a blue barrel was searched, and officers came across 32 vacuumed-sealed packages of cannabis concealed among other goods.

Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters.  It was determined that the drug weighs 16 pounds and carries an estimated street value of $96,000.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. Who was the barrel addressed to?
    Police dept arrest the person whose name is on the barrel,
    It’s clear That they were expecting the contents..
    What’s the issue here?
    Incomptence!!

  2. “Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters. ” THIS IS NOW THE NATIONAL ANTHEM of the Police department.
    END OF STORY!!!
    $500,000.00 worth of herb…Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters.
    $1,000,000.00 worth of herb…Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters.
    $2,000,000.00 worth of bush…Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police
    $ any amount of herb…Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters.
    And the weed keep coming with increase frequency and this happened… Pending further investigations, the barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters.
    WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Someone please check the address on these shipments,.. is it Police Headquarters?

    • Thinking the same thing. Why do the police keep announcing these seizures and no arrest? Are they telling the owners the drugs arrived safely, so time for next shipment? The DA needs to investigate. We the people don’t want to hear about any seizure of drugs, we want to hear about arrests.

  3. I don’t understand it. Everyone is free to plant their four trees. Jet some people still want to get into the business of bringing in marijuana. To sell to whom. Because Grow Antigua already supplies the market legally.

  4. Police and Customs Officers in Antigua and Barbuda. There is a show on television entitled,To Catch A Smuggler. Perhaps if you folks watched it you could learned something from it. Do not cease the drugs. Let the person it is addressed to come and get it. Then you would put surveillance on that person. Gather as much evidence as possible. Then take it from there and make arrests. When you take the drugs at the Ports. It does not curtail smuggling in my opinion.

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