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Well over twenty thousand dollars worth of drugs was seized by police at V.C. Bird International Airport on Wednesday.<\/p>

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Both the K-9 and Narcotics officers were on duty at the airport when one of the sniffer dogs detected drugs hidden inside two cardboard boxes.<\/p>\n

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The boxes were searched and several packages of Cannabis were found concealed inside of them. One box had packages weighing five pounds, while the other was weighing 274 grams.<\/p>

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The substance, which has an estimated street value of $22, 740, was seized and taken to the police station pending further investigations.<\/p>

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