A Jamaican national has been remanded in custody after police seized cannabis valued at approximately EC$360,000 during an operation at V.C. Bird International Airport.
Benjamin Isaiah Carrington, 38, was arrested on Sunday following a joint exercise involving the Narcotics Department, the K-9 Unit and the Customs Enforcement Unit. Officers found 19 sealed packages of cannabis weighing 60 pounds in two suitcases in his possession.
Carrington appeared without legal representation before Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel. Prosecutors argued that he posed a flight risk, citing the seriousness of the charges and his lack of ties to Antigua and Barbuda. The court ordered that he be remanded.
He faces five charges, including drug trafficking, importation of cannabis, possession with intent to transfer, being concerned in the supply of cannabis and simple possession.
He is due to return to court on 6 May 2026.
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Finally an arrest. Let’s hope they get him to implicate the local distributor.
Jail him, then deport him, and then trace all those behind this smuggling of drugs that’s causing irreparable harm and rising crimes in this once safe country.
BTW, where’s our Chief Immigration Officer Katrina Yearwood in all of this? What has she got to say in all this?
Another official who’s paid the big bucks to inform us, and take measures to protect our borders.
I don’t get it sometimes with our public servants…
This woman has LESS presence than a ghost or a duppy…
You all going on like is Jamaican alone bringing drugs
This is exactly why Richard Lewis can never make it with UPP. The HBIC lays down the law and that UPP law states that he married the wrong nationality.
Poor fella.
He’s the bagman. To break the back of the Kartel and get to the upper tiers importing drugs and other contrabands law enforcement must set sting operations and follow the trails to the distributors.